Research Article

Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale: Adaptation to Turkish culture

Volume: 12 Number: 4 December 5, 2025
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Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale: Adaptation to Turkish culture

Abstract

Men's participation is an important indicator for achieving gender equality. The purpose of this study is to adapt the “Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale (SGEMS)” developed by Sudkamper et al. (2020) to Turkish. The scale examines men's support for gender equality in two sub-dimensions: public space and household. In the study, 419 cis-heterosexual men participated. The confirmatory factor analysis results, which were used for validity evidence, showed that the Turkish version of SGEMS had the same two-factor structure as the original form. To conduct criterion-based validity, the participants answered the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) and the Gender Equality in Turkish Men Scale (GEMS) along with the SGEMS. A significant negative correlation was found between the total score obtained from the SGEMS and the total score obtained from ASI, and a significant positive correlation between the total score obtained from SGEMS and the GEMS. While Cronbach's α internal consistency reliability coefficient for the entire SGEMS was .89, the internal consistency coefficients for the Public and Household subscales were .89 and .78, respectively. Finally, it was examined whether the scale showed measurement invariance for two different age groups, and it was found that configural metric and scalar invariance were achieved. In conclusion, the SGEMS has been introduced to the literature as a valid and reliable scale measuring men's support for gender equality in the Turkish sample.

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Ethical Statement

Anadolu University Social Sciences and Humanities Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee, ID: 269759.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Cross-Cultural Scale Adaptation , Applied and Developmental Psychology (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

October 1, 2025

Publication Date

December 5, 2025

Submission Date

March 22, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 8, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 12 Number: 4

APA
Çiftçi, E. E., Daşcı, E., Ayan, C., & Uludağ, Z. (2025). Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale: Adaptation to Turkish culture. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 12(4), 963-982. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1662690

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