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Construct validation of the Bern Sex Role Inventory
Author(s) -
CARLSSON MARIANNE,
MAGNUSSON EVA
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1980.tb00337.x
Subject(s) - androgyny , psychology , construct (python library) , femininity , bem sex role inventory , construct validity , masculinity , social psychology , developmental psychology , test validity , psychometrics , psychoanalysis , computer science , programming language
The purpose of this study was to assess the construct validity of the Bern Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), a questionnaire which measures pyschological androgyny. Psychological androgyny refers to the fact that a person may possess both traits traditionally considered feminine, and traits traditionlly considered masculine, i.e. that femininity and masculinity are two independent dimensions. Eight different groups, chosen because their androgyny scores were expected to differ, participated in the study. The groups differed as expected and this is taken as an evidence that the BSRI has construct validity and that it is valid for Swedish conditions.