Ethnicity as a Determinant of Sex Role Identity: A Replication Study of Item Selection for the Bem Sex Role Inventory

• Published in: Sex roles Vol. 31; no. 3-4; pp. 241 - 273
• Main Author: Harris, Allen C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Springer 01.08.1994; Plenum Pub. Corp; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bem Sex Role Inventory; Biological and medical sciences; Blacks; Chicago, Illinois; Comparative Analysis; Culture; Data Analysis; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Factors; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gender identity; Hispanic Americans; Measures (Instruments); Minority Groups; Psychological tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychometrics. Sociometry; Sex Role; Sex Role Identity; Sexes; Social psychology; Social research; Sociocultural Factors; Validity; Whites; Social environment; Human; Questionnaire; Sex role; Psychometrics; Gender identity; Latinamerican; Ethnic group; Item analysis; Cultural environment; Black American; Sex Role Inventory Bem; Caucasoid; Feminity masculinity
• ISSN: 0360-0025; 1573-2762
• DOI: 10.1007/BF01547717

Assessed the validity of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BRSI) in determining the cultural definitions of masculinity and femininity and whether these definitions differ among various cultural groups including blacks, whites, and Hispanics. The results are based on 3,000 multiethnic participants and reveal that the BRSI is a valid indicator of white American cultural definitions of masculinity and femininity but that it is less valid for blacks and Hispanics. (GLR)