Development of a Short Version of the Gender Role Beliefs Scale Abstract Reference Full-Text PDF

The results of our studies suggest that the 10-item GRBS is a psychometrically sound measure of gender role beliefs. The 10-item GRBS has strong test-retest reliability and repeatedly demonstrated strong internal consistency and a multidimensional factor structure. Based on our findings, the 10-item GRBS can provide researchers with a reliable and shorter measure of gender role beliefs, especially when the 10-item GRBS is embedded in a series of questionnaires or when gender roles beliefs do not serve as the primary dependent variable, without sacrificing the construct validity of the original scale.

By treating the two factors of the scale as subscales, researchers can also differentiate between different types of traditional gender role beliefs: Those relating to women’s roles in the household and the workplace, and those related to protectionism and chivalry toward women. Understanding individuals’ prescriptive beliefs about these roles might help us better understand the dynamics involved in hostile and benevolent sexism. Our findings attest to the strong psychometric properties of the 10-item GRBS, and we encourage the use of the scale in future research.


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Brown, M. J., & Gladstone, N. (2012). Development of a Short Version of the Gender Role Beliefs Scale. International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2(5), 154-158.


I moved away from using ASI and used GRBS because factor 1 is about women's roles in the household and workplace (about traditional roles), and factor 2 is about chivalry towards women. GRBS items do not imply hostility as in Hostile Sexism items or imply Heterosexual Intimacy or Complementary Gender Differentiation like in the Benevolent Sexism items. For that reason, I think ASI is confusing and a problematic gender role ideology measure.