Bem Sex-Role Inventory.
BSRI
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
- 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.
More in Values, attitudes, ideology and morality
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21 portraits (Universalism = 3 items; the other 9 values = 2 items each). open with attribution.
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- ASI - Ambivalent Sexism Inventory
22 (11 Hostile + 11 Benevolent). open with attribution.
- ATLG - Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale
20 (10 ATL + 10 ATG); ATLG-S short form 10; ATLG-R revised wording. open with attribution.
- AWS - Attitudes Toward Women Scale
55 (original 1972); 25-item (1973); 15-item (1978) short form most used. open with attribution.
- BIDR / PDS - Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding
40 (20 SDE + 20 IM) in BIDR Version 6. mixed.
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