Bem sex role inventory (BSRI)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
Gender differences are always a popular subject among psychology students and in the general population. The well-known social psychologist Sandara Bem (1944-2014) developed a sex role inventory to measure different aspects of hypothesized psychological gender traits. This measure has not been without criticism ( see references ), and one can question its usefulness. Nevertheless, it has been a popular test and can be of use in student projects. It has bee
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Source & citation
Bem, S. L. (1974) The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42 , 155-162. | A. Colley, G. Mulhern, J. Maltby, A.M. Wood. (2009). The short form BSRI: Instrumentality, expressiveness and gender associations among a United Kingdom sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 46 , 384-387. | E. Pedhazur (1979). Bem Sex Role Inventory: A Theoretical and Methodological Critique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 996-1016 | The following paper is open access and explains the test very well ( read here ): F. Carver, A. Vafaei, R. Guerra, A. Freire, and S. P. Phillips (2013). Gender Differences: Examination of the 12-Item Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI-12) in an Older Brazilian Population. Plos ONE, 8 , e76356. | Hoffman, R.M. & Borders, L.D. (2001). Twenty five years after the Bem Sex Role Inventory: A reassessment and new issues regarding classification variability. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 34 , 39-55 Download paper here | Rating document, note though, that the scale items for androgynous are actually Neutral items. The above Hoffman and Borders paper is much better, but this one just lists the items easily: Retrieved from
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