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

Abstract

The stability and internal consistency of Spence and Helmreich's 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 1/2-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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA076165

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • University at Buffalo

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  • Human Systems

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  • Basic Training
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Consistency
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Questionnaires
  • Reliability
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Universities

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  • Psychology

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