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1Tilburg University, Department of Women's Studies, The Netherlands. T.M.Willemsen@kub.nl
Psychological Reports
|May 21, 1999
Abstract:
314 men and 451 women participated in a study to assess the reliability and validity of the multifaceted Gender Identity Questionnaire. Reliability coefficients of the (sub)scales varied between .67 and .80; content, criterion, and construct validity were satisfactory.
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