Measuring implicit gender-role orientation: The Gender Initial Preference Task

Autor(en)
Stefan Stieger, Christoph Burger, Franziska Schiller, E.K. Schulze, Martin Voracek
Abstrakt

Individuals prefer their name letters over nonname letters, which is known as the name-letter effect (NLE). This research aimed to examine a possible NLE for gender-role orientation (GRO) by rating letters for their gender-typicality in an initial preference task (Gender-IPT). Indeed, a clear NLE appeared: Men rated their initials as more male-typical, whereas women rated them as more female-typical. The Gender-IPT showed good convergent validity with other direct and indirect (Gender Implicit Association Test) measures of GRO as well as predictive validity with sensation seeking and gender-typical everyday life behaviors. The Gender-IPT seems to be a useful and practical indirect measure to assess GRO in a short, convenient, and computer-independent way, complementing other indirect measures of GRO.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Psychologie der Kognition, Emotion und Methoden
Externe Organisation(en)
Universität Wien
Journal
Journal of Personality Assessment
Band
96
Seiten
358-367
Anzahl der Seiten
10
ISSN
0022-3891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2013.825622
Publikationsdatum
2014
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501021 Sozialpsychologie, 501004 Differentielle Psychologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/4bc49f3d-c7f9-423b-bd4e-ef859b760eca