Department of Social Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Research Center of Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
PLoS One. 2024 Apr 18;19(4):e0301755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301755. eCollection 2024.
Perceptions of gender inequality may motivate people to take action against inequality given its negative impact on various domains of people's everyday lives. Thus, it is crucial to develop reliable measures that consider the multidimensional nature of gender inequalities. In this research, we propose and assess the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Gender Inequality Perception Scale (MuGIPS). This is a self-reported measure of perceived gender inequality in four domains: health, violence, household work and caregiving, and public sphere and power. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to test the validity and reliability of the MuGIPS with Spanish participants in three samples (N = 1733). The analyses revealed that the MuGIPS had a good internal consistency and showed four factors associated with gender inequality in the four specified domains. Moreover, scores in all the dimensions positively correlated with feminist identity and feminist ideology, as much as with some attitudinal variables. In contrast, results showed a negative correlation with system-justifying ideologies. The MuGIPS shows adequate reliability and validity for measuring the perception of gender inequality in the health, violence, household work and caregiving, and public sphere and power domains among Spanish university and general population samples.
人们对性别不平等的看法可能会促使他们采取行动反对不平等，因为它对人们日常生活的各个领域都有负面影响。因此，开发考虑到性别不平等的多维度性质的可靠措施至关重要。在这项研究中，我们提出并评估了多维性别不平等感知量表（MuGIPS）的心理测量特性。这是一个自我报告的衡量在四个领域中感知到的性别不平等的指标：健康、暴力、家庭工作和照顾以及公共领域和权力。我们对三个样本中的西班牙参与者（N=1733）进行了探索性和验证性因素分析，以检验 MuGIPS 的有效性和可靠性。分析结果表明，MuGIPS 具有良好的内部一致性，并且在四个指定领域中表现出与性别不平等相关的四个因素。此外，所有维度的得分都与女权主义认同和女权主义意识形态呈正相关，与一些态度变量也是如此。相比之下，结果显示与支持现有体制的意识形态呈负相关。MuGIPS 在测量西班牙大学生和普通人群样本在健康、暴力、家庭工作和照顾以及公共领域和权力领域的性别不平等感知方面具有足够的信度和效度。
