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Alcoholism, sex‐role orientation and psychological distress
Author(s) -
Davis William E.,
Pursell Sandra A.,
Burnham Robert A.
Publication year - 1979
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(197901)35:1<209::aid-jclp2270350134>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , psychopathology , normative , psychological distress , clinical psychology , sexual orientation , california psychological inventory , bem sex role inventory , personality test , androgyny , developmental psychology , psychometrics , personality , psychiatry , mental health , gender role , test validity , social psychology , psychoanalysis , masculinity , philosophy , epistemology
Distribution of scores on the Bem Sex Role Inventory obtained from 69 randomly selected alcoholics was found not to differ significantly from that reported in normative data (Bem, 1974). Sexually androgynous alcoholics ( N = 21), those able to affirm about themselves characteristics ordinarily attributed to both males and females, scored significantly lower on MMPI scales D, P D , P T , and S I and higher on M A than a nonandrogynous group ( N = 21) of alcoholics. The results were discussed in terms of alcoholics varying along psychopathological and nonpsychopathological scales in a manner similar to “normal” S s.