A Sex Role Inventory with Scales for "Machismo" and "Self-Sacrificing Woman.".

Lara-Cantu, Maria Asuncion

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Publication Date: 1989

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A Sex Role Inventory with Scales for "Machismo" and "Self-Sacrificing Woman."

Lara-Cantu, Maria Asuncion

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v20 n4 p386-98 Dec 1989

Describes the development of a new sex role inventory, the Masculine-Feminine Personality Traits Scale, based on Bem's Sex Role Inventory and using Mexican sex role stereotypes. The instrument includes scales measuring assertive masculinity, affective femininity, aggressive masculinity, and submissive femininity. Results show expected response discrimination and high internal consistency. (AF)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Assertiveness, Females, Femininity, Latin Americans, Males, Masculinity, Mexicans, Personality Traits, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Test Construction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Bem Sex Role Inventory

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