The Feminine Honor Prototype (FHP) is a single-item measure that assesses respondents’ agreement with an honor prototype specific to women. Along with the Masculine Honor Prototype (MHP), the measures can be used individually or together as a Combined Honor Prototype (CHP) as a shorter option in place of other honor measures used in representative surveys.
Geographies Tested: United States of America
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults
1. Jane is pure, honest, sexually virtuous, and has an unwavering loyalty to her family and husband. Jane believes that avoiding anything that would damage the reputation of herself, her family, or her husband is among the most important things she can do in life.
Response Options
A 7-point Likert scale
Strongly disagree - 1
Strongly agree - 7
The unit-weighted scores from the Masculine Honor Prototype (MHP) and the Feminine Honor Prototype (FHP) are averaged with higher scores representing greater honor endorsement for the Combined Honor Prototype (CHP) score.
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., Pomerantz, A. L., & Raj, A. (2023). Preliminary Validation of Two Brief Measures of Masculine and Feminine Honor Endorsement. Journal of personality assessment, 1–10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2023.2291688
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