The Development and Validation of a Gender Role Recognition Scale for University Faculty

Abstract

Purpose: This study developed a gender role scale for university faculty members to measure and verify how they feel and express their gender roles, and to validate the developed tool. Methods: Preliminary questions were extracted by selecting fifty-nine questions as three sub-factors after verifying the validity of the contents from one to three times with tweleve university professors and field experts. Results: An online survey was conducted with 241 university faculty members using exploratory factor analysis. The validity of this scale was verified by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis of 373 university faculty members, and the suitability of the scale was confirmed. Conclusion: Analysis confirmed that the scale was a valid test tool through the correlation between the Korean gender equality consciousness scale and the Korean multi-faceted gender consciousness scale.