Evaluating Measures of Contemporary Sexism

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Campbell ◽  
E. Glenn Schellenberg ◽  
Charlene Y. Senn
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Sexist Attitudes ◽  
Acceptable Measure

Two recently published measures of contemporary sexist attitudes were examined and compared with a sample of 106 Canadian college students. Swim, Aikin, Hall, and Hunter's (1995) Modern Sexism scale was found to be an acceptable measure of sexist attitudes in terms of its internal reliability and its ability to predict other gender-related political attitudes. Although the Modern Sexism scale and the Neosexism scale (Tougas, Brown, Beaton, & Joly, 1995) were equally good at predicting support for the feminist movement and attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, the Neosexism scale had better internal reliability and exhibited stronger gender differences. Moreover, the Neosexism scale was superior at predicting value orientations relevant to modern prejudices.

Locus of Control, Political Attitudes, and Voting Behavior in a College-Age Population

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 529-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward B. Blanchard ◽  
M. Eugene Scarboro
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Older Students ◽  
College Age ◽  
Activity Factor ◽  
Previous Election ◽  
First Time

Rotter's (1966) I-E Scale and Mirels' (1970) Political Activity Factor derived from that scale were shown to have no significant value in predicting the voting behavior or political attitudes of 18- or 19-yr.-old college students voting for the first time or of older students who had been eligible to vote in a previous election Parental voting behavior and political attitudes were not significantly related to those behaviors and attitudes in students.

scholarly journals Gender differences in first-year college students’ academic expectations

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
António M. Diniz ◽  
Sonia Alfonso ◽  
Alexandra M. Araújo ◽  
Manuel Deaño ◽  
Alexandra R. Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Expectations ◽  
First Year College ◽  
First Year College Students

Gender differences in socio-political attitudes in a Polish sample

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 371-377
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Oniszczenko ◽  
Urszula Teresa Jakubowska ◽  
Ewa Stanisławiak
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Political Attitudes

Gender Differences in U.S. College Students’ Fear for Others

Sex Roles ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 568-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole E. Rader ◽  
Jeralynn S. Cossman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences

Co-Sleeping: Gender Differences in College Students' Retrospective Reports of Sleeping with Parents during Childhood

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1423-1426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Billingham ◽  
Shannon Zentall
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
First Year ◽  
Retrospective Reports ◽  
Younger Age

161 women and 111 men, Caucasian college students, provided retrospective information about their patterns of sleeping during childhood. The practice of co-sleeping was common, with 33.7% reporting that they co-slept in their parents' room during their first week after birth, 29.4% during the first month after birth, and 27.5% during their second month after birth. In addition, 6.3% of women and 11.9% of men reported that they co-slept during the entire first year after birth. Finally, a sex-specific pattern of co-sleeping was found with more women reporting that they co-slept with their parents during their first week and first month after birth, but a greater percentage of men than women reported that they co-slept with their parents at older ages. It appears that girls are removed from the parents' room at a younger age and more frequently than are boys.

scholarly journals Universities' Role in Addressing Terrorism in Light of Students' Awareness to its Definition, Causes, and Types

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Reem Al Zou'bi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Social Alienation ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Education College ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Social Causes

The study aims to explore the degree of awareness of Jordanian education college students to terrorism's definition, type and causes, and the universities' roles in addressing terrorism. A five- scale questionnaire was designed by the author and administrated to 130 students studying at the faculty of education, Al-al Bayt University. The external reliability coefficient for the total questionnaire domains was 0.84, and the internal reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) for the total questionnaire domains was 0.88. This indicates that the questionnaire was reliable and suitable for a sample administration. The results indicated that students were aware of the concept and types of terrorism, but they have a misconception of its main causes. These, however, were relevant from the perspectives of economical and social causes. Students' misconception can be interpreted by students' social alienation, and their refusal based on economic and social circumstances. The author suggested that universities must hold intense rehabilitating programs for the youths. This is in addition to holding international conferences on human security as it could raise students' awareness of terrorism and help them in addressing it eventually.

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