The Femininity Ideology Scale (FIS) is a measure designed to assess the degree to which respondents endorse traditional femininity ideology or how women, in general, should act.
Developed by:
Ronald Levant, Katherine Richmond, Stephen Cook, A. Tanner House, Maryse Aupont
Measure domains:
Care-taking
Dependence/Deference
Emotionality
Purity
Stereotypic Image and Activities
Dependence/Deference
Emotionality
Purity
Stereotypic Image and Activities
Items and subscales:
45 Item
5 Subscales
5 Subscales
Outcomes predicted:
N/A
Cronbach's alpha:
"Full Scale: 0.93
Stereotypic Image and Activities: 0.89
Dependence/Deference: 0.83
Purity: 0.85
Care-taking: 0.80
Emotionality: 0.82"
Stereotypic Image and Activities: 0.89
Dependence/Deference: 0.83
Purity: 0.85
Care-taking: 0.80
Emotionality: 0.82"
Study population(s):
Undergraduate men and women in the USA between the ages of 17-45 years old enrolled in Psychology courses.
Additional information:
Validity assessed using the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Male Role Norm Inventory, and the Feminist Identity Development Scale.
Measure validated?:
Y
Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:
Citation of original article
Get citationLevant, R., Richmond, K., Cook, S., House, A. T., & Aupont, M. (2007). The Femininity Ideology Scale: Factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, and social contextual variation. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 57(5-6), 373-383.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9258-5
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9258-5