Citation

Matteson AV, Moradi B. Psychol. Women Q. 2005; 29(1): 47-57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Society for the Psychology of Women, Division 35, American Psychological Association, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1111/j.0361-6843.2005.00167.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The current study reexamined the factor structure of the Lifetime and Recent scales of the Schedule of Sexist Events (SSE; Klonoff & Landrine, 1995) and conducted the first factor analysis of the SSE-Appraisal scale (Landrine & Klonoff, 1997). Factor analyses conducted with data from 245 women yielded, for SSE-Lifetime and SSE-Appraisal scales, two reliable factors that can be scored as "Intimate and Personal Experiences of Sexist Events" and "Unfair Treatment Across Public Contexts" subscales. Data from the SSE-Recent scale yielded three factors that can be scored as "Sexist Degradation and Its Consequences," "Unfair and Sexist Events at Work/School," and "Unfair Treatment in Distant and Close Relationships" subscales. Recommendations are made for the future use of these proposed subscales in conjunction with total scale scores in research using the SSE to examine links between reported experiences of sexist events and women's health and well-being.