Accession Number:

ADA076165

Title:

Reliability of the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ)

Descriptive Note:

Research note,

Corporate Author:

STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO AMHERST

Personal Author(s):

• Yoder, Jan D.
• Rice, Robert W.
• Adams, Jerome
• Priest, Robert F.
• Prince, II, Howard T.

Report Date:

1979-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

The stability and internal consistency of Spence and Helmreichs sex- role scales, the Attitudes toward Women Scale AWS and Personal Attributes Questionnaire PAQ, are reported. An entire first-year class of 1,007 male and 78 female cadets at the U.S. Military Academy were given a battery of psychological tests before and after cadet basic training a 2 12-month period. The AWS and PAQ proved to be highly reliable, comparable to other frequently used psychological tests. This psychometric information encourages researchers to make further use of these sex-role scales.

Descriptors:

• *ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• FEMALES
• QUESTIONNAIRES
• RELIABILITY
• ROLES(BEHAVIOR)

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE