Development and initial validation of the measure of internalized misogyny with cisgender U.S. women.

IF 3.5 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Counseling Psychology Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI:10.1037/cou0000829

Melissa M Ertl,Lydia HaRim Ahn

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Internalized misogyny-defined as self-hatred among women, as well as hate, contempt, and disdain toward other women-remains an understudied construct in the psychological literature despite having large implications for women's mental health and well-being. To resolve measurement issues and clarify the construct, this study sought to develop and provide initial support for the new measure of internalized misogyny (MIM). With a diverse sample of 797 adult cisgender U.S. women partitioned into separate development (N = 394) and validation (N = 403) samples, we conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses as well as tests of construct validity, test-retest reliability, and measurement invariance. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis yielded a 13-item, one-factor scale with strong support for internal consistency reliability. Study 2 demonstrated support for the one-factor scale with the new sample as well as support for measurement invariance across race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Study 2 also evidenced convergent validity of the MIM with related measures of sexist or oppressive attitudes toward women, discriminant validity with both unrelated (e.g., social desirability) and similar but distinct measures (e.g., hostile sexism), and incremental validity via association of the MIM with psychological distress and flourishing above and beyond the influence of hostile, benevolent, and modern sexism. Finally, we also found support for strong test-retest reliability 1 month later. Findings provide strong support for the use of the new MIM and offer implications for future research seeking to identify and address adverse mental health outcomes in women. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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美国顺性别女性内化厌女症测量的发展与初步验证。

内化的厌女症——定义为女性的自我憎恨，以及对其他女性的憎恨、蔑视和蔑视——尽管对女性的心理健康和幸福有很大的影响，但在心理学文献中仍然是一个研究不足的概念。为了解决测量问题并明确其结构，本研究试图开发内化厌女症（MIM）的新测量方法，并为其提供初步支持。我们将797名美国成年顺性女性分为单独的开发样本（N = 394）和验证样本（N = 403），进行了探索性和验证性因素分析，并进行了结构效度、重测信度和测量不变性检验。在研究1中，探索性因子分析产生了一个13项的单因子量表，具有很强的内部一致性信度支持。研究2证明了新样本对单因素量表的支持，以及对跨种族、民族和性取向的测量不变性的支持。研究2还证明了MIM与性别歧视或对女性的压迫态度的相关措施的趋同效度，与不相关（如社会可取性）和相似但不同的措施（如敌意性别歧视）的歧视效度，以及通过MIM与心理困扰和超越敌意、仁慈和现代性别歧视影响的繁荣的关联而增加的效度。最后，我们还发现了1个月后强重测信度的支持。研究结果为使用新的MIM提供了强有力的支持，并为未来寻求识别和解决妇女不良心理健康结果的研究提供了启示。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Journal of Counseling Psychology Multiple-

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7.60

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Counseling Psychology® publishes empirical research in the areas of counseling activities (including assessment, interventions, consultation, supervision, training, prevention, and psychological education) career development and vocational psychology diversity and underrepresented populations in relation to counseling activities the development of new measures to be used in counseling activities professional issues in counseling psychology In addition, the Journal of Counseling Psychology considers reviews or theoretical contributions that have the potential for stimulating further research in counseling psychology, and conceptual or empirical contributions about methodological issues in counseling psychology research.