Have MMPI MF scale correlates changed in the past 30 years?
This study was designed to investigate whether behavioral correlates of the MMPI Masculinity-Femininity (MF) scale are similar to or different from those established in the 1950s, given the many social and cultural changes that have taken place since then. There were 306 participants in the study, 102 target subjects (51 males, 51 females) and 204 same-sex friends. The former were administered the first 399 items of the MMPI, the Interpersonal Adjective Scale (IAS), and other questionnaires. The friends described each subject on the IAS. Low MF females were rated by themselves and their peers as tender and emotional, whereas high MF females considered themselves exploitative and self-confident and were rated as bold and unsympathetic by their peers. Low MF males described themselves as domineering and impersonal and were described by their peers as well-mannered. High MFs saw themselves as undemanding and shy and were perceived as emotional by their peers. It appears that the behavioral correlates established a generation ago are still valid today, at least for college students.
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Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Alabama 36849.
Gynther
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D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception