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The measurement of psychological androgyny: An extended replication
Author(s) -
Hogan H. Wayne
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<1009::aid-jclp2270330417>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - androgyny , psychology , bem sex role inventory , developmental psychology , context (archaeology) , construct validity , psychometrics , gender role , masculinity , paleontology , psychoanalysis , biology
The Bem Sex‐Role Inventory (BSRI), the recently developed measure for psychological androgyny, was administered to 344 middle‐Tennessee high school and university students. The BSRI's reliability coefficients and mean scores were very similar to those reported earlier for California junior college and university students, respectively. The present scoring patterns for the BSRI remained unchanged with the introduction of the four „familial context” variables of sex of S s siblings, sex of S s nearest‐in‐age sibling, parent whom the S s considered emotionally warmest, and parent whom the S s would most prefer to be like. Contrary to Bem's original findings, the present results with the BSRI suggested that S s responses to the measure may be affected by the social desirability phenomenon. Moreover, scores on the BSRI did not correlate consistently or highly with those presently obtained with a symbolic sex‐role measure and a verbal sex‐role scale. This lack of construct validity has been reported previously in at least two other studies. Though apparently reliable, the validity of the BSRI remains problematic.