A Measure of Individual Differences in Sex Stereotyping and Sex Discrimination: The “Macho” Scale
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 41 (2) , 411-415
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1977.41.2.411
Abstract
A personality measure of individual differences in sex-role stereotyping and sex discrimination was developed. The “Macho” scale fulfills satisfactory psychometric criteria of internal consistency and reliability, and the 28 items are controlled for social desirability. Personality correlates of macho include sex-role orientation among males, and authoritarianism, and the scale discriminates between criterion groups selected from different ethnic and educational subcultures. Research applications of the scale to experimental and correlational studies in personality, social psychology, and sociology are proposed.Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effects of Additional Men on Prestige and Desirability of Occupations Typically Performed by WomenJournal of Applied Social Psychology, 1974
- The measurement of psychological androgyny.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
- Effects of additional women professionals on ratings of occupational prestige and desirability.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1974
- Measures of Achieving TendencyEducational and Psychological Measurement, 1969
- Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 1966
- A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology.Journal of Consulting Psychology, 1960
- A personality scale of manifest anxiety.The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1953