ABSTRACT

Current measures of feminist identity are based on developmental models and cannot be used with men. We introduce and validate a new measure of feminist consciousness, the Feminist Consciousness Scale (FCS) which is based on dominant social psychological theories of politicized social identities, and assesses identity, injustice, and efficacy components of feminist consciousness. In three studies, the 8-item, two-factor FCS demonstrated excellent model fit and validity for college women and more age- and ideologically-heterogeneous men and women. We also established measurement invariance between men and women, meaning that the scale can be used with members of both groups. The FCS possesses several advantages over current measures of feminist identity based on developmental models: it is short and easy to use, can be used with both men and women, and is tied to the extensive literature on group consciousness and politicized social identities.

摘要

当前对女权主义身份的衡量基于发展模型，不能用于男性。我们引入并验证了一种新的女权主义意识衡量标准，即女权主义意识量表 (FCS)，它基于政治化社会身份的主导社会心理学理论，评估女权主义意识的身份、不公正和功效成分。在三项研究中，8 项双因素 FCS 对大学女性以及更多年龄和意识形态异质的男性和女性展示了出色的模型拟合和有效性。我们还建立了男性和女性之间的测量不变性，这意味着该量表可用于两组成员。与当前基于发展模型的女权主义身份衡量标准相比，FCS 具有几个优点：它简短且易于使用，男性和女性都可以使用，