TABLE 2.
Favorability items and Cronbach’s alphas for studies 1 and 2.
| Favorability Items (Handley et al., 2015) | |||||||||
| To what extent is this journal important to have in our [university initials] library? | |||||||||
| To what extent would you expect that the research in this journal would be of high quality? | |||||||||
| To what extent would you expect the articles in this journal to make significant contributions to advancing the field of psychology? | |||||||||
| To what extent do the contents of this journal sound interesting? | |||||||||
| To what extent would reading research published in this journal be useful to you? | |||||||||
| Overall, my evaluation of this journal is favorable. | |||||||||
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| Women and therapy | Feminism and psychology | Sex roles | Psychology of women quarterly | Psychology of men and masculinity | |||||
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| Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 1 | |
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| Favorability | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.89 |
| Quality | 0.98 | – | 0.96 | – | 0.97 | – | 0.98 | – | 0.91 |
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| Matched other-specialty | Matched other-specialty | Matched other-specialty | Matched other-specialty | Matched other-specialty | |||||
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| Favorability | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.86 |
| Quality | 0.98 | – | 0.98 | – | 0.97 | – | 0.99 | – | 0.91 |
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| Feminist ideology items (Fisher et al., 2000; original items taken from Bargad and Hyde (1991), Reid and Purcell (2004); study 1: α = 0.94; study 2: α=0.93). | |||||||||
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| I am very committed to a cause that I believe contributes to a more fair and just world for all people. | |||||||||
| I want to work to improve women’s status. | |||||||||
| I am willing to make certain sacrifices to effect change in this society in order to create a nonsexist, peaceful place where all people have equal opportunities. | |||||||||
| It is very satisfying to me to be able to use my talents and skills in my work in the women’s movement. | |||||||||
| I care very deeply about men and women having equal opportunities in all respects. | |||||||||
| I choose my “causes” carefully to work for great equality for all people. | |||||||||
| I feel that I am very powerful and effective spokesperson for the women’s issues I am concerned with right now. | |||||||||
| One some level, my motivation for almost every activity I engage in is my desire of an egalitarian world. | |||||||||
| I owe it not only to women but to all people who work for greater opportunity and equality for all. | |||||||||
| I am a feminist. | |||||||||
| Being a feminist is central to who I am. | |||||||||
| I would be proud to be identified as a feminist. | |||||||||