Preliminary factor analysis of the O’Kelly Women Beliefs Scale in a US sample

Using a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy framework, the O’Kelly Women Beliefs Scale (O’Kelly, in press) was originally constructed in Australia to measure sex-role beliefs women may develop through sex-role stereotyping. Factor analysis of the 92 original items showed that 64 items loaded into a single component that accounted for 18.2% of the variance in a sample of 974 Australian women. The present exploratory study examined the psychometric properties of the OWBS in a sample of 202 women born and living in the US. A varimax rotation with cutoff eigenvalues of 3, showed that 37 items loaded into 3 components which accounted for 58.48% of the variance. The items were subsequently grouped into two factors: Irrationality, with a total of 27 items was created by merging component 1 and 3 (Pearson’s r = 0.8 between them), and Rationality, with the 10 items from component 2. Analyses indicated a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91 for Factor 1, and a Cronbach’s alpha 0.74 for Factor 2. Results indicate that this version of the instrument may be used to evaluate both the rational and irrational content of sex-role beliefs of women born in the US.

• Autores: Heman Contreras, Arturo; Instituto de Terapia Cognitivo Conductual en México; Lega, Leonor; Saint Peter’s College; O´Kelly, Monica; Monash University; Friedman, Mark J.; Montclair State University; Feinberg, Joshua; Saint Peter’s College; Kedding, Erika; Saint Peter’s College
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.javeriana.edu.co:10554/32887
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/705; http://hdl.handle.net/10554/32887
• Palabra clave: Creencias irracionales; análisis factorial; terapia comportamental emocional-emotiva; actitudes; Irrational belief; factor analysis; rational emotive behavioral therapy; attitudes
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional