DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD MATERNAL GATEKEEPING SCALE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS WITH AMBIVALENT SEXISM IN TURKEY

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Maternal gatekeeping is a recent notion in the literature in which women limit or inhibit fathers' involvement with their children. Current measures in this field do not focus on a single operational definition of maternal gatekeeping, and their failure to provide equal weight to both sides of a parent’s voice leads to inconsistencies in maternal gatekeeping understanding. Therefore, the main aim of this dissertation is to develop and test a new measure that encompasses both fathers’ and mothers’ viewpoints on maternal gatekeeping. The second aim is to investigate whether there is a link between maternal gatekeeping attitudes and hostile/benevolent sexism among parents. Two studies were presented: Study 1 determined the social representation of the maternal gatekeeping notion in the Turkish population. Findings from interviews with 13 parents (10 females and 3 males) revealed that participants had no clear understanding of the concept of maternal gatekeeping, but after giving them a definition, their responses were categorized into two broad theme groups: father’s inadequacy and mother’s superiority. In Study 2, the sample comprised 672 parents (514 females and 158 males). Consistent with the Study 1, the analyses revealed a reliable (α = .91) and valid two-factor solution: father’s inadequacy (α = .88), and mother’s superiority (α = .87). In addition, benevolent sexism significantly predicted both fathers’ inadequacy and mothers’ superiority in the Attitudes toward Maternal Gatekeeping Scale. Additionally, hostile sexism predicted mothers’ superiority. The findings of the two studies were discussed, as well as their contributions, limits, and future directions.

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Maternal gatekeeping, Parenting, Femininity, Masculinity, Ambivalent sexism, Benevolent sexism, Hostile sexism

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E. KAYA BİCAN, “DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD MATERNAL GATEKEEPING SCALE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS WITH AMBIVALENT SEXISM IN TURKEY,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.