Measuring Implicit Gender-Role Orientation: The Gender Initial Preference Task |
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| Authors: | Stefan Stieger Christoph Burger Franziska R. Schiller Esther K. Schulze Martin Voracek |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods , University of Vienna , Austria;2. Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods , University of Vienna , Austria;3. Georg Elias Müller Department of Psychology , Georg August University of G?ttingen , Germany |
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| Abstract: | Individuals prefer their name letters over nonname letters, which is known as the name-letter effect (NLE). This research aimed to examine a possible NLE for gender-role orientation (GRO) by rating letters for their gender-typicality in an initial preference task (Gender-IPT). Indeed, a clear NLE appeared: Men rated their initials as more male-typical, whereas women rated them as more female-typical. The Gender-IPT showed good convergent validity with other direct and indirect (Gender Implicit Association Test) measures of GRO as well as predictive validity with sensation seeking and gender-typical everyday life behaviors. The Gender-IPT seems to be a useful and practical indirect measure to assess GRO in a short, convenient, and computer-independent way, complementing other indirect measures of GRO. |
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