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Adolescents' Attitudes to Gender Role

A short index to measure adolescent's views about the gender divsion of roles in the family, in social resource allocation, and in sexual resource allocation using 3-point ordinal scales.

Developed by:

Zuo Xiayun, Lou Chaohua, Gao Ersheng, Cheng Yan, Niu Hongfeng, Laurie S. Zabin

Measure domains:

Roles in the family

Social resources allocation

Sexual relations

Items and subscales:

10 items

Outcomes predicted:

Gender attitudes to premarital sex

Measured by Premarital Sexual Permissiveness (PSP) Scales

Cronbach's alpha:

0.69

Study population(s):

Unmarried adolescents ages 15-24 in urban and rural areas of three Asian cities influenced by Confucian cultures.

Additional information:

Gender-role attitudes found to be associated with student status and educational level of adolescents in all three cities.

Measure validated?:

N

Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:

Citation of original article

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Zuo, X., Lou, C., Gao, E., Cheng, Y., Niu, H., & Zabin, L. S. (2012). Gender differences in adolescent premarital sexual permissiveness in three Asian cities: effects of gender-role attitudes. J Adolesc Health, 50(3 Suppl), S18-25. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.12.001