title: Measuring implicit gender-role orientation: the gender initial preference task.
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.
authors: a Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods , University of Vienna , Austria.
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Stieger
authors: Christoph
authors: C
authors: Burger
authors: Franziska R
authors: FR
authors: Schiller
authors: Esther K
authors: EK
authors: Schulze
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Voracek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult