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Publication Date: 2002
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Feminist Identity Development: The Current State of Theory, Research, and Practice
Hyde, Janet Shibley
Counseling Psychologist, v30 n1 p105-110 2002
A review of the three articles on feminist identity development in this issue indicates that (a) the Feminist Identity Development Scale (FIDS) and the Feminist Identity Composite (FIC) perform similarly and acceptably in psychometric analyses, (b) no research has properly tested whether there are true stages of feminist identity development, and (c) existing scales do not specify scoring that permits the classification of an individual into a stage. Caution is urged in using the Downing and Roush model in practice, pending the accumulation of longitudinal evidence that true stages exist.
Descriptors: Feminism, Self Concept, Psychometrics, Models, Females, Personality Theories, Psychological Studies, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Methodology, Personality Development, Developmental Stages, Scoring, Self Concept Measures, Measurement Techniques
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