In recent years, there has been increasing interest in gender perspectives in research. In this regard, the study of gender beliefs represents a growing field which has received considerable attention due to their significant societal and psychological impact. One important challenge faced by Spanish rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) clinicians is the dearth of instruments developed within an REBT framework to examine women’s traditional gender beliefs. The O’Kelly women’s beliefs scale (OWBS) has been used in many countries during the last decade to measure such beliefs. However, cross-cultural studies exploring the internal structure of the scale have yielded diverse factor structures and item distributions, arguably due to the exploratory nature of the analyses conducted. To address this issue and to explore whether an REBT-consistent structure was feasible, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the OWBS in a Spanish sample. The participants were 1075 women aged between 18 and 83 years (mean age = 34.18, SD = 14.72). A confirmatory factor analysis revealed that an REBT-consistent 8-factor solution (4 irrational and 4 rational processes) presented an excellent absolute fit (RMSEA = .043, 90% CI RMSEA = .042, .044). The results support the use of both rational and irrational factors of the Spanish adaptation of the OWBS, as well as the consideration of the four inferences that originally guided the scale’s development based on the REBT theory.

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西班牙版 O'Kelly 女性信念量表的心理测量特性

近年来，人们对研究中的性别观点越来越感兴趣。在这方面，性别信仰的研究代表了一个不断发展的领域，由于其重大的社会和心理影响而受到了相当大的关注。西班牙理性情绪行为疗法 (REBT) 临床医生面临的一项重要挑战是，缺乏在 REBT 框架内开发的用于检查女性传统性别信仰的工具。奥凯利女性信念量表 (OWBS) 在过去十年中已在许多国家/地区用于衡量此类信念。然而，探索量表内部结构的跨文化研究产生了不同的因素结构和项目分布，这可以说是由于所进行分析的探索性。为了解决这个问题并探讨 REBT 一致的结构是否可行，本研究评估了西班牙样本中 OWBS 的心理测量特性。参与者是 1075 名年龄在 18 至 83 岁之间的女性（平均年龄 = 34.18，SD = 14.72）。验证性因子分析显示，REBT 一致的 8 因子解决方案（4 个非理性和 4 个理性过程）呈现出极好的绝对拟合（RMSEA = .043，90% CI RMSEA = .042, .044）。结果支持使用西班牙 OWBS 改编的理性和非理性因素，以及考虑最初基于 REBT 理论指导量表发展的四个推论。参与者是 1075 名年龄在 18 至 83 岁之间的女性（平均年龄 = 34.18，SD = 14.72）。验证性因子分析显示，REBT 一致的 8 因子解决方案（4 个非理性和 4 个理性过程）呈现出极好的绝对拟合（RMSEA = .043，90% CI RMSEA = .042, .044）。结果支持使用西班牙 OWBS 改编的理性和非理性因素，以及考虑最初基于 REBT 理论指导量表发展的四个推论。参与者是 1075 名年龄在 18 至 83 岁之间的女性（平均年龄 = 34.18，SD = 14.72）。验证性因子分析显示，REBT 一致的 8 因子解决方案（4 个非理性和 4 个理性过程）呈现出极好的绝对拟合（RMSEA = .043，90% CI RMSEA = .042, .044）。结果支持使用西班牙 OWBS 改编的理性和非理性因素，以及考虑最初基于 REBT 理论指导量表发展的四个推论。