The present study investigated the relationship between gender roles and night-sky watching in a sample of college students (N=161). The Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Noctcaelador Inventory (NI) were used to investigate the differences between gender role groups for night-sky watching. The results supported the hypothesis that androgynous…

This study aims, firstly, to examine whether gender plays a decisive role in starting romantic intimacy during the emerging adulthood period; secondly, to compare emerging adults who are assigned different gender roles, in terms of starting romantic intimacy; and thirdly, to analyze the level at which self-esteem and gender roles predict the…

The relationships among self-reported social desirability, biological sex, and sex-role orientation are examined. The Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) consists of 60 personality characteristics divided equally into three subscales labeled Femininity (F), Masculinity (M), and Social Desirability (SD). One hundred and twenty-six undergraduates were…

Replicated Pedhazur and Tetenbaum's study that raised questions about the unidimensionality of the feminine and masculine subscales of Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). Factor analysis and smallest space analysis indicated that subsets are not unidimensional. However, results of factor analysis but not smallest space analysis were consistent with…

Studied the validity of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (S. Bem, 1974) (BSRI) in Japanese culture by asking 289 college students to rate the social desirability of BSRI items for both men and women. Overall, results indicate that the BSRI is a valid measure for use in Japanese culture. (SLD)

Administered a questionnaire probing experiences with abuse between dating partners (N=171) and sex-typing. Results indicated more traditionally masculine males were more likely to report having abused partners than males who were less clearly sex-typed. Women who were more clearly traditionally feminine were less likely to report having been…

Examined the four-year test-retest reliability of Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) scores for 77 college women who responded to the instrument as freshmen and again as seniors. The BSRI was judged to be as reliable as other paper-and-pencil instruments which attempt to measure similar personality variables and to have adequate reliability for…

Investigated the multidimensionality of social desirability in a study of 126 students who completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory. The 20 social desirability items in the BSRI were factor analyzed. Results suggested that females do not see themselves as significantly more or less socially desirable than males. (JAC)

The agreement between the Bem Sex Role Inventory and Jackson's Personality Research Form ANDRO Scale in designating sex role--masculine, feminine, neutral, or androgynous--was examined for 158 male and female undergraduate students. When both sexes were combined, 42 percent of the subjects fell into the same category on both tests. (Author/CTM)

Sex role identity and personality characteristics were examined in 104 male college football players and police cadets by means of the Bem Sex Role Inventory and the California Psychological Inventory. No significant differences were found between these stereotypically "masculine" groups and normative samples of males. (CMG)

Compared the factor patterns underlying male (N=221) and female (N=420) self-reports on the Bem Sex Role Inventory. Results showed that when males and females were compared, only one of 10 factors reached the similarity criterion, suggesting that gender can be an important confounding variable in sex role research. (JAC)

Examined the relationship between sex role and nontraditional major choice. The sample included 693 students. Results indicate significant distributional patterns in sex-role and choice of major, which vary by sex. The factored scales from the Bem Sex-Role Inventory did demonstrate some power to discriminate students. (Author)

A median split and a difference/median split method were used to classify college students into masculine, feminine, androgynous and undifferentiated sex role orientations using the Bem Sex Role Inventory. The difference/ median split procedure was more successful in discriminating between sex role groups and in predicting sex role ideology. (EVH)

Women in home economics and engineering and men in engineering (N=231) completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and rating scales of satisfaction with and certainty of college major and intended occupation. Women in engineering scored in a more androgynous direction than did either men in engineering or women in home economics. (Author)

The Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Couch and Keniston Agreement Response Scale (ARS) were administered to 70 male and 72 female undergraduates. Using the ARS scores as the dependent variable in an analysis of variance, a lack of relationship was found between the BSRI and acquiescence. (Author/JKS)