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    The role of women's traditional gender beliefs in depression, intimate partner violence and stress: insights from a spanish abbreviated multicultural measure
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022-01) Rovira Sieres, Montse; Lega, Leonor I. ; Suso Ribera, Carlos; Orue Sola, Izaskun
    Research on traditional gender beliefs has highlighted their psychological impact and social implica tions for women. The purpose of this study was twofold. First, we aimed to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale. Next, we explored its sources of validity evidence in relation to inti mate partner violence, stress, and depression. Based on the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy framework, traditional gender beliefs were expected to be associated with higher levels of intimate partner violence, stress and depression. We also expected to obtain a psychometrically-sound factor structure of the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale. A sample of Spanish women (N=322) completed the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale, the Beck’s Depression Inventory II, the Modifed Confict Tactics Scale, and the Stress Perceived Scale. To test the psycho metric properties of the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale we implemented exploratory and confrmatory factor analyses and an analysis of the area under the curve. Regarding the psychometric properties of the scale, statistical analysis revealed a one-factor dimensionality (Global traditionalism) and supported a reduction of items in the original instrument. The abbreviated version (eight items) obtained the best ft indices. Considering the association between traditional gender beliefs and psychologi cal outcomes, we found that traditional gender beliefs were associated with increased severity of stress, depressive symptoms and reciprocal verbal aggression. The Spanish adaptation of the Multicultural O’Kelly Women’s Beliefs Scale provided a very short, psycho metrically robust and clinically relevant measure of traditional gender beliefs. In addition to the association between traditional gender beliefs and mental health outcomes, an important fnding was the relationship between traditional gender beliefs and intimate partner violence. Our scale might be used in clinical settings by helping women to iden tify their traditional gender beliefs and replace them by healthy and goal-oriented beliefs, which would also contrib ute in achieving a more egalitarian society