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SILVA, Francicléia Lopes et al. Sexual Machismo Scale: Psychometric Evidence in the Brazilian Context. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.4, pp. 420-429. ISSN 1677-0471.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15689/ap.2020.1904.15892.08.

The current paper sought to adapt the Sexual Machismo Scale to the Brazilian context, gathering evidence of its psychometric parameters. Non-probabilistic samples of 235 undergraduate students (Study 1) and 200 individuals (Study 2), with similar mean ages (M=21.6; SD=4.06; M=19.0, SD=5.20; respectively), equally distributed by the sex in Study 1 and mostly female in Study 2 (68.0%) were used. Participants completed the Sexual Machismo Scale, the Ambivalent Sexism Scale and demographic questions. The studies showed a single-factor solution, presenting suitable indices of internal consistency (α=0.81 and α=0.76) and confirming the convergent validity through correlations with the hostile and benevolent sexism factors of the Ambivalent Sexism Scale. Additionally, a confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the previous solution. It was concluded that this measure seems to be psychometrically suitable for use in the context mentioned.

Palabras clave : machismo; validity; internal consistency.

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