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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 1(2), pp. 87 - 94
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010207
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Dominance and Nurturance as the Two-Factor Structure of BSRI
Adelia de Miguel*, Ascensi贸n Fumero
Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, School of Psychology, Guajara Campus, Universidad de La Laguna
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study (female N = 1072, male N = 471) was replication of multidimensionality of Bem Sexual-Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974) defended by Fern谩ndez and his research group in Spain. A methodological but not ideological approach is used to analyze the answers with an exploratory factor analysis. Methodological and substantive arenas will be examined. Excluding effects of social desirability and social evolution, a first selection of items provides clearly an orthogonal two-factor structure, in adult people. Reliabilities of both new re-named nurturance and dominance components are 0.80 and 0.78, respectively. There are sex differences in both new components: women鈥� score was higher than men score for nurturance factor, and lower for dominance factor. The results of a cross-tab analysis also indicate sex differences in fourfold typology combining both factors like Bem鈥檚 median split procedure. Finally, convergent validity with personality basic tendencies and their facets recommends making a re-conceptualization of both nurturance and dominance factors like personality traits. Implications for further studies of gender identity 鈥� social values in Spain are discussed from evolutionary approach.
KEYWORDS
Gender, Sex, Nurturance, Dominance, Personality Traits
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[1] Adelia de Miguel , Ascensi贸n Fumero , "Dominance and Nurturance as the Two-Factor Structure of BSRI," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 87 - 94, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010207.
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Adelia de Miguel , Ascensi贸n Fumero (2013). Dominance and Nurturance as the Two-Factor Structure of BSRI. Sociology and Anthropology, 1(2), 87 - 94. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010207.