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Values, attitudes, ideology and morality

Bem Sex-Role Inventory.

BSRI

What it measures
Psychological masculinity and femininity as independent dimensions; classifies people as masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated (gender-role self-concept, not attitudes)
Length and format
60 (20 masculine + 20 feminine + 20 neutral filler); 30-item short form (10/10/10). 7-point self-description (never/almost never true - always/almost always true) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into many languages (e.g. ES, FR, DE, IT, ZH, JA, plus others); used cross-culturally for decades
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Bem, S. L. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42(2), 155-162.

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