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Pishghadam, Reza; Saboori, Fahime; Samavarchi, Laila; Hassanzadeh, Tahereh – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The present study pursued two goals: first, to construct and validate a masculinity/femininity scale (MFS); and second, to reveal and compare the dominant gender identity of English, Arabic, and Persian teachers. Regarding the first goal, a 30- item gender identity scale was designed and, using the data collected from 300 junior high school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Identity, Language Teachers, Masculinity
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Spence, Janet T.; Helmreich, Robert L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1980
The Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) largely measure socially desirable instrumental (masculine) and expressive (feminine) traits which have limited relationships with sex role attitudes and behaviors. The literature does suggest that the traits have important implications separate from sex role behaviors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Androgyny, Individual Psychology, Personality Measures
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Whitley, Bernard E., Jr. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1988
Examines the relations of gender role self concept, behavior, and sexual attitudes to sexual experience, reasons for intercourse, and contraceptive behavior. Finds that gender is strongly related to all three aspects of sexual behavior for a group of 185 female and 163 male college students. (FMW)
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Males, Personality Measures
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O'Grady, Kevin E.; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1979
Male and female undergraduate psychology students were administered the Adjective Check List, Bem Sex Role Inventory and Personal Attributes Questionnaire. The masculinity and femininity subscale scores for each of these three measures were correlated and subjected to a principal factor analysis with varimax rotation separately for males and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Comparative Testing, Factor Analysis, Females
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Thomas, Susan – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1983
Examines measurement scales used in different studies of the relationship between masculinity, femininity, or androgyny, and self esteem. Suggests that findings of a high positive association between masculinity and self-esteem may be due to the fact that the most commonly used measurement scales do, in fact, endorse masculine characteristics.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Personality Measures, Research Problems, Self Concept
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O'Neil, James M.; And Others – Sex Roles, 1986
Two measures of gender role conflict with acceptable test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire were administered to 527 male college students. Initial results support previous speculation about gender-role conflict and may eventually provide a basis for empirical validation for the sex role strain…
Descriptors: College Students, Femininity, Males, Personality Measures
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Antill, John K.; Cunningham, John D. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1982
Compared the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) as measures of androgyny. Results showed that femininty (Concern for Others) and masculinity (Dominance) accounted for most of the variance, but for PAQ, clusters of male- and female-valued items (i.e., Extroversion and Insecurity) formed subsidiary factors.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, College Students, Comparative Testing, Factor Analysis