Factor structure integrity of the Personal Attributes Questionnaire: An English–French comparison.

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Hill ◽  
G. Cynthia Fekken ◽  
Sheryl L. Bond
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire

COMPARATIVE FACTOR ANALYSES OF THE PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE BEM SEX-ROLE INVENTORY

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. Antill ◽  
John D. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
Principal Components Method ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire ◽  
Components Method

Interest in the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) of Spence et al. (1975) as a measure of androgyny suggests the need to discover whether it exhibits the same factor structure as other androgyny measures, e.g., the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974). Responses from 104 male and 133 female university students were analyzed by the principal components method separately for (1) PAQ items only and for (2) PAQ and BSRI items together. Both analyses yielded independent femininity (Concern for Others) and masculinity (Dominance) factors accounting for the greatest proportion of variance. However, particularly for the PAQ, certain clusters of male-valued and of female-valued items formed subsidiary factors (e.g., Extraversion, Insecurity, Unemotionality, and Independence), raising questions as to the theoretically unitary nature of femininity. That is, masculinity and femininity might each be regarded more profitably as composed of several components.

Personal Attributes Questionnaire

1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet T. Spence ◽  
Robert Helmreich ◽  
Joy Stapp
Keyword(s):  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire

Implicit Theories of Masculinity and Femininity: Dualistic or Bipolar?

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Clayton Foushee ◽  
Robert L. Helmreich ◽  
Janet T. Spence
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Implicit Theories ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Implicit Personality ◽  
Personality Theories ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire

The present study addressed the question of whether persons' implicit personality theories include the notion that the possession of masculine and feminine characteristics tend to preclude each other so that the two clusters of attributes are perceived to be negatively correlated. Subjects (college students) were given one of four basic descriptions of a group of men or women. These descriptions specified the presence or absence of “masculine” or “feminine” attributes as defined by the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Subjects given descriptions specifying the presence or absence of “masculine” characteristics were asked the extent to which they could make inferences about the presence or absence of “feminine” characteristics. An analogous procedure was implemented for the descriptions specifying the presence or absence of “feminine” characteristics. The results confirm the hypothesis that individuals tend to perceive a negative relationship between masculinity and femininity in others.

Reliability of the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ)

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan D. Yoder ◽  
Robert W. Rice ◽  
Jerome Adams ◽  
Robert F. Priest ◽  
II Prince ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire

Tough Enough for the Job? How Masculinity Predicts Recruitment of City Council Members

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1094-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Oliver ◽  
Meredith Conroy
Keyword(s):  
City Council ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Candidate Emergence ◽  
Political Office ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Gender Influences ◽  
Elected Office

Does an individual’s gender help to explain if he or she is more or less likely to be recruited to run for political office? While the effects of sex differences on the candidate emergence process have been studied extensively, the influence of masculinity and femininity is less understood. To uncover if gender influences whether an individual is recruited to run for political office, this article relies on data from an original survey of a nationally representative sample of city council members, with the primary independent variable, individuals’ self-identified masculinity, measured by the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Results show that those who identify as more masculine, whether male or female, are more likely to be recruited to run for elected office. This effect holds for a variety of types of recruitment, such as political elites and women’s organizations. The findings add an important dimension to the supply-side explanations for women’s underrepresentation.

Alcohol dependence and gender-role orientation

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Möller-Leimkühler ◽  
R. Schwarz ◽  
W. Burtscheidt ◽  
W. Gaebel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Gender Role Orientation ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire ◽  
And Gender

SummaryObjectiveThe overall increase of female alcoholism is supposed to be associated with the change of the traditional female role, and it is especially seen as a consequence of role convergence or gender-role conflicts. The aim of the present pilot study is to explore whether the approach of gender-role orientation would be empirically useful in contributing to these hypotheses.MethodOne hundred twelve patients with alcohol dependence meeting DSM-III-R criteria were explored after detoxification; gender-role orientation was measured by a German version of the ‘Extended Personal Attributes Questionnaire’, categorising gender-role orientation into four subgroups: masculine, feminine, androgynous, and undifferentiated.ResultsIn comparison with a population-based sample, there are significant differences in the distribution of the four subgroups of gender-role orientation, showing a predominance of the undifferentiated self-concept in the alcoholic sample (49%). Alcoholic females describe themselves as rather undifferentiated, and rather feminine than masculine. Low masculinity and low femininity, as well as high femininity, correlate positively with distress, depressiveness, social anxiety, insecurity and concomitant personality disorders.ConclusionOur data do not support the convergence hypothesis related to gender-role orientation, but support the traditional feminine self-concept as an unspecific risk factor for vulnerability. The question whether an undifferentiated self-concept could be a specific risk factor for alcoholism is discussed.

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