The Spence-Helmreich Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) has three versions that measure attitudes about the rights and roles of women in society in relation to men. *The short (25-item) version is abstracted here.
Developed by:
Janet T. Spence, Robert Helmreic
Measure domains:
vocational, educational, and intellectual roles freedom and independence dating, courtship, and etiquette drinking, swearing, and dirty jokes sexual behavior marital relations and obligations
Items and subscales:
25 items*
6 thematic domains
6 thematic domains
Outcomes predicted:
N/A
Study population(s):
Female and male students in an introductory psychology course a the University of Texas at Austin.
Additional information:
*The original 55-item measure was published in 1972 a subsequent 15-item short scale was published in 1978.
Measure validated?:
Y
Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:
Uses in Other Studies:
Review of Attitudes Toward Women Scale in Sage Knowledge, Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.
Uses in Other Studies Links:
Citation of original article
Get citationSpence, J.T., Helmreich, R. (1972). The attitudes toward women scale: An objective instrument to measure attitudes toward the rights and roles of women in contemporary society. Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 2(66).