Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory and Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory-46

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-189

  Parent, Mike C ^a   Moradi, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; gender role attitudes; masculine gender conformity; masculine norms; reliability and structural validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650646494     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015481     Document Type: Article

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