Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures

Besta, T et al (2024) 'Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures.' European Journal of Psychological Assessment.

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Abstract

Collective action is a powerful tool for social change and is fundamental to women and girls’ empowerment on a societal level. Collective action towards gender equality could be understood as intentional and conscious civic behaviors focused on social transformation, questioning power relations, and promoting gender equality through collective efforts. Various instruments to measure collective action intentions have been developed, but to our knowledge none of the published measures were subject to invariance testing. We introduce the gender equality collective action intention (GECAI) scale and examine its psychometric isomorphism and measurement invariance, using data from 60 countries (N = 31,686). Our findings indicate that partial scalar measurement invariance of the GECAI scale permits conditional comparisons of latent mean GECAI scores across countries. Moreover, this metric psychometric isomorphism of the GECAI means we can interpret scores at the country-level (i.e., as a group attribute) conceptually similar to individual attributes. Therefore, our findings add to the growing body of literature on gender based collective action by introducing a methodologically sound tool to measure collective action intentions towards gender equality across cultures.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	collective action, gender equality, isomorphism, measurement invariance, cross–cultural psychology
Divisions:	School of Sciences
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2024 16:27
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2024 14:08
ISSN:	2151-2426
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/16624

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