Psychometric Properties of the Multifaceted Gender-Related Attributes Survey (GERAS).

ABSTRACT: Since the 1920s, psychologists have sought to assess the sex- and gender-related attributes of men and women, including primarily aspects of personality and focusing on positive characteristics. In this paper, we introduce a new questionnaire for assessing gender-related attributes with a broader approach than provided by previous ones. Therefore, the questionnaire includes (a) not only personality traits but also cognitions and interests and (b) not only positive but also negative and neutral characteristics. Two independent datasets were acquired (Study 1: N = 1,466; Study 2: N = 471) for development and psychometric analyses. Factor analysis confirmed a hierarchical structure with two separate dimensions of masculinity and femininity overarching the multiple first-order do

SUBMITTER: Gruber FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116055 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature