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Values, attitudes, ideology and morality

Ambivalent Sexism Inventory.

ASI

What it measures
Ambivalent sexism toward women on 2 correlated dimensions: Hostile Sexism (antipathy toward women who challenge men's status) and Benevolent Sexism (subjectively positive but patronising, protective attitudes)
Length and format
22 (11 Hostile + 11 Benevolent). 6-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Validated in 25+ nations / many languages (e.g. ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, NL, TR, ZH, JA, KO, plus others)
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Glick, P., & Fiske, S. T. (1996). The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(3), 491-512.

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