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Autor/inn/en | Marsh, Herbert W.; Myers, Margaret |
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Titel | Masculinity, Femininity and Androgyny: A Methodological and Theoretical Critique. |
Quelle | (1984), (42 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Androgyny; Correlation; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Femininity; Higher Education; Masculinity; Measurement Techniques; Models; Personality Assessment; Personality Traits; Secondary Education; Sex Role; Bem Sex Role Inventory Korrelation; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Männlichkeit; Messtechnik; Analogiemodell; Persönlichkeitsanalyse; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sekundarbereich; Geschlechterrolle |
Abstract | The three primary purposes of this investigation were: (1) to apply confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to responses from three instruments--Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), Comrey Personality Scales (CPS), and Australian Sex-Role Scale (ASRS)--designed to measure masculinity (M) and femininity (F); (2) to determine the correlation between M and F on each instrument and to relate the results to the design of the instrument; and (3) to describe a new theoretical model which posits global M and global F to be multifaceted, higher-order constructs. Responses from two instruments supported the separation of M and F, but differed in the direction of the correlation for the two traits, while the third provided remarkably strong support for a bipolar MF continuum. Despite the apparent inconsistency, the observed correlations were explicable in terms of the design of each instrument. While the two-factor model provided a reasonable fit for the BSRI, more complicated models were better able to fit responses to the ASRS and CPS. Results from this investigation and other research were used to formulate a new theoretical model. (Author/BW) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |