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GENDER ROLE CONFLICT IN MEN AS A PREDICTOR OF SELF-RATINGS OF BEHAVIOR ON THE INTERPERSONAL CIRCLE

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METHOD PARTICIPANTS One hWldred and one men '·Q1W'lteered as participanlS from a large east· em university. Participanlll averaged 21.50yeanof age (5D. 7.77). Of the sample, 98% were singleand no. were married. 01 the 101 participants, 65 were Caucasian, 20were A5ianor Asian American, 7 were AfricanAmerlean, 3 were Latino or Hispanit, and 6 self-described as "Other." Partici· pants were part of an Wldergraduate psychology human subjects and received coWS
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RDI. Conflict SClIlr(GRCS; O'Neil et aI., 1986). Gender role col} Olct was operationalized using the GRCS. This self-report instrumenl? -I 37 items measures lour factors: (1) succesa, power, and competitio ior between men (RABM), and (4) conflict between work and family i-e lations (CBWF). Participants respond On a 6-point Jeale, from I (Strongl disagree) to 6 (Strongly agree). Higher SCOrCS Indicate greater gender role conflict and fear of femininity. The four factors, resulting from a factor analysi. with oblique rotation. are intemally consislenI(alphas range from .75 to .85. O'Neil et al.• 1986). and haveadequate tesl-retesl reliability Over a 4-week period (n rlUlge from.72 to .86, O'Neil et aI., 1986).

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In Iddition, the CLOrT_R yieidJ an Av~ lntmsity Sco~ (AIN) withhisha" ICOitS indicating rtgldity and extrm\enesli: in the pn'3Oil'S overo.ll intt'iptrsonallctiona. S~ hill of the 96 items ore weighted "I" Ind the other hllf In \vflghted"2, ~ the postible r~ of AlN is bceI: pnders. Seven! JtudIeI (Kiesltr el aL. 1986; JGesler eI aL. 1988; TfI~ &: Sc:hneider,I995; VanDI!nburg, 19l18; WeiNtodr-50voy, 1986) npon Idequate intemol ~ , test-Mal. ard interroter re\i;t.bilities KiesIer'. d>fdd.iat sales. KleI1er et II. (1991).11!iIINfiz.ed ~ ~ nUlN:lVl.lS sn.w;tiet: and ~ thot internal etrI5isMncies IJl: IPPrwci.IIlltely 55 lor MP'ed, .70 to.90 for qu;t.dnnt. ..80 to _90 for and above .90 lor 1Xil1COrfS.

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