Descriptions from men and women subjects of sex stereotypes using the Adjectives Check List and the favorability of stereotypical adjectives were investigated. Results showed highly similar stereotypes for both men and women subjects and no differences in overall favorability in male and female stereotypes. (Author/JKS)

Recent trends in conceptualizing sex role behavior have emphasized the independent development of masculinity and feminity. The present study presents evidence regarding the psychometric properties of the Masculinity and Feminity scales of the Adjective Check List, developed from the parent Masculinity-Feminity Scale especially for the purpose of…

In this study, a random sample of 20 male care-givers was contrasted to 20 male engineers and 20 female care-givers on personality traits and sex typed contingency behaviors. Personalities of male care-givers corresponded to the feminine direction of their female counterparts, but were not significantly more feminine than male engineers.…

Compares concurrent validity of four sex-role instruments administered to a group of 281 urban university students. Reports that the instruments are sufficiently different in their measurement characteristics to warrant limiting generalizations about behavior based on these instruments to a particular instrument being used. (KH)

A study showed personality traits of both female and male educational administrators in a southwestern urban public school system to be inconsistent with the standards of stereotypical sex-appropriate roles found in earlier studies. Based theoretically on Holland's vocational choice theory, the study surveyed all 64 female administrators at the…

Relationships between aspects of creativity and psychological masculinity and femininity are examined from the perspectives of balance, additive, and catalytic models of androgyny. Female (N=85) and male (N=105) subjects completed Gough's Adjective Check List, (ACL) in which the adjective, "creative," had been inserted. The ACL was…

Describes three studies that investigated the level of androgyny among college males and females during the period 1958-78. Indicates that males are generally more androgynous than females. (Author/MJL)

The author investigates social stereotypes in terms of status of occupations, rather than masculine dominance, and explores more fully the relationship between the need for achievement, sex, and occupational interests. (Author/RK)

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…