Disarming the Threat to Feminist Identification: An Application of Personal Construct Theory to Measurement and Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Moradi, Bonnie; Martin, Annelise; Brewster, Melanie E.
Titel	Disarming the Threat to Feminist Identification: An Application of Personal Construct Theory to Measurement and Intervention
Quelle	In: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36 (2012) 2, S.197-209 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-6843
DOI	10.1177/0361684312440959
Schlagwörter	Identification; Intervention; Feminism; Undergraduate Students; Grounded Theory; Control Groups; Matched Groups; Social Psychology; Sensitivity Training; Construct Validity; Self Concept; Self Concept Measures; Stereotypes; Sexual Identity; Social Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; Feminismus; Sozialpsychologie; Sensitivitätstraining; Selbstkonzept; Klischee; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	Many individuals endorse feminist values but do not identify as feminist. The present set of studies tests the concept of threat, grounded in G. A. Kelly's personal construct theory of personality, as a potential factor in feminist nonidentification. Study 1 introduces the theoretically grounded "Feminist Threat Index" and evaluates its psychometric properties with data from 91 undergraduate students. In this study, feminist threat scores yielded acceptable evidence of convergent and discriminant validity and of test-retest reliability. Study 2 evaluates a theoretically grounded intervention designed to reduce level of feminist threat and increase degree of feminist identification by enabling students to interact with a diverse panel of feminists. In this study, a mixed between-within subjects design was employed to compare pre- and postintervention change in continuous threat and feminist identification scores across intervention (n = 52) and comparison (n = 63) groups. As expected, the intervention reduced level of threat and increased degree of feminist identification significantly in the intervention group, whereas these scores remained unchanged in the comparison group. These studies offer researchers, educators, and activists a promising approach for assessing and reducing the threat to feminist identification. (Contains 4 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10