Abstract
This study was undertaken to investigate the validity of two factors in The Traditional-Liberated Content Scale, an instrument which shows promise in assessing some major dimensions of men's attitudes. Scores were compiled from the ratings made by 83 college undergraduate men and on a short form of the Brannon Masculinity Scale. Subjects also rated the meaning of four concepts representing major areas of change for the male sex-role. Different bipolar-adjective scales were used to rate these concepts. As indicative of the concurrent validity, each factor had a modest, but statistically significant correlation with scores on the Brannon Masculinity Scale. Support for construct validity also was obtained as subjects with extreme scores on these two factors differed in their ratings of two of the four concepts.
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