Separate factor analytic studies of the 82-item Sex-role Questionnaire and of its original 38 stereotypic items were performed to evaluate and extend previous structural analyses. The 82-item questionnaire and the 55-item Attitudes Toward Women Scale were administered to 208 female and 243 male tennis players. Results yielded three orthogonal Sex-role Questionnaire factors accounting for 33% of the total variance. This structure also held for the 38 stereotypic items. Loadings on an unrotated first principal axis yielded a description of Social Desirability. After rotation, variance spread to an Assertiveness Factor (10%), a Sensitivity Factor (12%), and a Rationality Factor (11%). From these factors were derived three highly reliable 15-item scales. The three scales combined to produce a refined 45-item Sex-role Questionnaire with an over-all reliability alpha of .83. The correlation between the 82-item instrument total score and the 55-item attitude scale total score was a low .25. The common variance was primarily attributable to the relationship between the Attitudes Toward Women Scale and the Sensitivity Factor. This relationship was enhanced little by refinement of the Sex-role Questionnaire.
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