| The current study sought to explore female Evangelical Christians' ambivalent sexism and gender role ideology as it relates to their religious beliefs, as well as the effects of ambivalent sexism on various aspects of aspirations and behaviors. Additionally, the current study sought to test Eliason, Hall, and Anderson's (2014) new factor structure for the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick & Fiske, 1996). Three hundred forty female students from a private Evangelical university on the West Coast were recruited for this study.;Results indicated that women's egalitarian sex roles were negatively related with benevolent sexism. Additionally, participants' biblical beliefs moderated the relationship between sex role ideology and humanitarianism as well as sex role ideology and negative affect. Egalitarian sex roles differed in level and direction of significance with the outcome variables; however, a new factor structure was found for the Traditional/Egalitarian Sex Role Scale, which linked the new Education and Career factor with positive outcomes. Finally, Eliason et al.'s (2014) new factor structure for the ASI failed to be confirmed in this sample, as did Glick and Fiske's (1996) original factor structure. These findings reiterate the difficulty of accurately assessing sexism and sex roles in Evangelical Christians as well as suggest the possible presence of biases within the measures that do not fully capture the expression of sexism in this population. |
