Developmental Trends in Androgyny: Implications for Measurement

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate differences in item performance, reliability, and scale means of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory when comparisons are made across developmentally different groups. Analyses were conducted comparing results for adolescents with results for adults, and further analyses were conducted comparing results for the adolescents across various adolescent gender and age groups. The results tend to support the conclusion that the BSRI has reasonable measurement integrity when used with adolescents, and thus indicate that the measure may be useful in exploring developmental changes in sex-role perceptions as they occur during adolescence.