Teachers dealing with non-conformity: Development of the attitudes toward childhood gender identity questionnaire for educational settings

González-Mendiondo, Lucía (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Moyano, Nieves

Resumen: Valid and reliable measures to evaluate teachers’ attitudes towards transgender and gender nonconforming students are lacking. Therefore, we developed the Attitudes toward Childhood Gender Identity Questionnaire for Teachers (ACGIQ-T). We analyzed data from 358 Spanish teachers (84.5% women). A CFA supported a 13-item version of the questionnaire with three factors (71% of the variance explained): Cross-gender roles in leisure/friendship; Cross-gender-typical behaviors and Cross-gender feelings/expressions. Cronbach´s alpha values were over 0.82. Regarding concurrent validity, women and feminine individuals were more likely to approve cross-gender behaviors. Associations of ACGIQ-T factors with other non-conformity roles were found, and the perception of cross-gender behaviors as problematic was associated with willingness to facilitate transitions of children and adolescents. Implications for the educational field are discussed.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102178

Año: 2023

Publicado en: International Journal of Educational Research 119 (2023), 102178 [11 pp.]
ISSN: 0883-0355

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Métod.Invest.Diag.Educac. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)