Equating the Social Desirability of Bem Sex-Role Inventory Masculinity and Femininity Subscales
- 10 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 44 (3) , 272-276
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4403_9
Abstract
Two experiments investigated the social desirability of Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) items. Mean social desirability of the masculinity subscale was significantly higher than that of the femininity subscale in both experiments. A revision of the BSRI femininity subscale was suggested which replaced three items of questionable social value with three more socially desirable items and virtually eliminated the social desirability difference between masculinity and femininity subscales.Keywords
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