title: A comparison of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and the Heilbrun Masculinity and Femininity Scales.
abstract: This study compares two instruments which have recently been devised to measure sex-role identification, Heilbrun's Masculinity and Femininity Scales and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory. Correlations between the masculine and feminine scales of these instruments were significant for male but not female subjects; intrascale comparisons found no relationship between the Bem scales but moderate correlations between the Heilbrun scales for male subjects. There was agreement between the two measures in classifying approximately 47% of the subjects into one of the four sex-role categories. Misclassification occurred primarily on categories which have been found to show considerable overlap in personality characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erdwins
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gross