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Values, attitudes, ideology and morality

Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory.

CMNI

What it measures
Conformity to dominant cultural masculine norms across facets such as Winning, Emotional Control, Risk-Taking, Violence, Power over Women, Playboy, Self-Reliance, Primacy of Work, Disdain for Homosexuals, Pursuit of Status
Length and format
94 (CMNI original); CMNI-46 and CMNI-30 short forms. 4-point agreement (strongly disagree - strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into several languages (e.g. Spanish, French, Chinese, and others) in the psychology of men and masculinities
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
open with attribution

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Reference
Mahalik, J. R., et al. (2003). Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 4(1), 3-25.

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