Gender Role Conflict Scale: Male Version

Instructions: Below you will find a series of statements about gender roles. Please read each statement carefully and decide to what extent you agree or disagree with the statement. Please answer with your opinion, not what society says.

All responses are confidential (results of your assessment will not be associated with your grade in the course -- this self-assessment is exclusively for your own self-knowledge) and there are no "right or wrong" answers. Please answer in the way that best describes your opinion.

Please do not omit any statement. Remember to select only one answer for the six possible choices.

In the line below each sentence, click the number that most closely represents the degree that you Agree or Disagree with the statement. There is no right or wrong answer to each statement; your own reaction is what is asked for.

Demographics
Age
Educational Level
Present Marital Status
Race/Ethnicity
Socioeconomic Level
Sexual Orientation

 

Gender Role Conflict Scale: Male Version
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
1. Moving up the career ladder is important to me.
2. I have difficulty telling others I care about them.
3. Verbally expressing my love to another man is difficult for me.
4. I feel torn between my hectic work schedule and caring for my health.
5. Making money is part of my idea of being a successful man.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
6. Strong emotions are difficult for me to understand.
7. Affection with other men makes me tense.
8. I sometimes define my personal value by my career success.
9. Expressing feelings makes me feel open to attack by other people.
10. Expressing my emotions to other men is risky.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
11. My career, job or school affects the quality of my leisure or family life.
12. I evaluate other people’s value by their level of achievement and success.
13. Talking (about my feelings) during sexual relations is difficult for me.
14. I worry about failing and how it affects my doing well as a man.
15. I have difficulty expressing my emotional needs to my partner.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
16. Men who touch other men make me uncomfortable.
17. Finding time to relax is difficult for me.
18. Doing well all the time is important for me.
19. I have difficulty expressing my tender feelings.
20. Hugging other men is difficult for me.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
21. I often feel that I need to be in charge of those around me.
22. Telling others of my strong feelings is not part of my sexual behavior.
23. Competing with others is the best way to succeed.
24. Winning is a measure of my value and personal worth.
25. I often have trouble finding words that describe how I am feeling.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
26. I am sometimes hesitant to show my affection to men because of how others might perceive me.
27. My needs to work or study keep me from my family or leisure more than I would like.
28. I strive to be more successful than others.
29. I do not like to show my emotions to other people.
30. Telling my partner my feelings about him/her during sex is difficult for me.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
31. My work or school often disrupts other parts of my life (home, family, health, leisure).
32. I am often concerned about how others evaluate my performance at work or school.
33. Being very personal with other men makes me feel uncomfortable.
34. Being smarter or physically stronger than other men is important to me.
35. Men who are overly friendly to me make me wonder about their sexual preference (men or women).
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
6
5
4
3
2
1
36. Overwork and stress, caused by a need to achieve on the job or in school, affects/hurts my life.
37. I like to feel superior to other people.