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Psychometric properties and correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 nations
Jennifer K. Bosson (Bosson, J. K.); Paweł Jurek (Paweł, J.); Joseph A. Vandello (Vandello, J. A.); Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka (Kosakowska-Berezecka, N.); Michał Olech (Olech, M.); Tomasz Besta (Besta, T.); Michael Bender (Bender, M.); Vera Hoorens (Hoorens, V.); Maja Becker (Becker, M.); A. Timur Sevincer (Sevincer, A. T.); Deborah L. Best (Best, D. L.); Saba Safdar (Safdar, S.); Anna Włodarczyk (Włodarczyk, A.); Magdalena Zawisza (Zawisza, M.); Magdalena Żadkowska (Żadkowska, M.); Sami Abuhamdeh (Abuhamdeh, S.); Collins Badu Agyemang (Agyemang, C. B.); Gülçin Akbaş (Akbaş, G.); Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir (Albayrak-Aydemir, N.); Soline Ammirati (Ammirati, S.); Joel Anderson (Anderson, J.); Gulnaz Anjum (Anjum, G.); Amarina Ariyanto (Ariyanto, A.); John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta (Aruta, J. J. B. R.); Mujeeba Ashraf (Ashraf, M.); Aistė Bakaitytė (Bakaitytė, A.); Chiara Bertolli (Bertolli, C.); Dashamir Bërxulli (Bërxulli, D.); Chongzeng Bi (Bi, C.); Katharina Block (Block, K.); Mandy Boehnke (Boehnke, M.); Renata Bongiorno (Bongiorno, R.); Janine Bosak (Bosak, J.); Annalisa Casini (Casini, A.); Qingwei Chen (Chen, Q.); Peilian Chi (Chi, P.); Vera Cubela Adoric (Adoric, V. C.); Serena Daalmans (Daalmans, S.); Justine Dandy (Dandy, J.); Soledad de Lemus (de Lemus, S.); Sandesh Dhakal (Dhakal, S.); Nikolay Dvorianchikov (Dvorianchikov, N.); Sonoko Egami (Egami, S.); Edgardo Etchezahar (Etchezahar, E.); Carla Esteves (Esteves, C. S.); Neto Felix (Felix, N.); Laura Froehlich (Froehlich, L.); Efrain Garcia-Sanchez (Garcia-Sanchez, E.); Alin Gavreliuc (Gavreliuc, A.); Dana Gavreliuc (Gavreliuc, D.); Ángel Gómez (Gómez, Á.); Francesca Guizzo (Guizzo, F.); Sylvie Graf (Graf, S.); Hedy Greijdanus (Greijdanus, H.); Ani Grigoryan (Grigoryan, A.); Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska (Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J.); Keltouma Guerch (Guerch, K.); Marie Gustafsson Sendén (Sendén, M. G.); Miriam-Linnea Hale (Hale, M.-L.); Hannah Hämer (Hämer, H.); Mika Hirai (Hirai, M.); Lam Hoang Duc (Duc, L. H.); Martina Hřebíčková (Hřebíčková, M.); Paul B. Hutchings (Hutchings, P. B.); Dorthe Høj Jensen (Jensen, D. H.); Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti (Jasinskaja-Lahti, I.); Serdar Karabati (Karabati, S.); Kaltrina Kelmendi (Kelmendi, K.); Gabriella Kengyel (Kengyel, G.); Narine Khachatryan (Khachatryan, N.); Rawan Ghazzawi (Ghazzawi, R.); Mary Kinahan (Kinahan, M.); Teri A. Kirby (Kirby, T. A.); Monika Kovacs (Kovacs, M.); Desiree Kozlowski (Kozlowski, D.); Vladislav Krivoshchekov (Krivoshchekov, V.); Clara Kulich (Kulich, C.); Tai Kurosawa (Kurosawa, T.); Nhan Thi Lac An (An, N. T. L.); Javier Labarthe (Labarthe, J.); Ioana Latu (Latu, I.); Mary Anne Lauri (Lauri, M. A.); Eric Mankowski (Mankowski, E.); Abiodun Musbau Lawal (Musbau Lawal, A.); Junyi Li (Li, J.); Jana Lindner (Lindner, J.); Anna Lindqvist (Lindqvist, A.); Angela T. Maitner (Maitner, A. T.); Elena Makarova (Makarova, E.); Ana Makashvili (Makashvili, A.); Shera Malayeri (Malayeri, S.); Sadia Malik (Malik, S.); Tiziana Mancini (Mancini, T.); Claudia Manzi (Manzi, C.); Silvia Mari (Mari, S.); Sarah E. Martiny (Martiny, S. E.); Claude-Hélène Mayer (Mayer, C.-H.); Vladimir Mihić (Mihić, V.); Jasna Milošević Đorđević (Đorđević, J. M.); Eva Moreno-Bella (Moreno-Bella, E.); Silvia Moscatelli (Moscatelli, S.); Andrew Bryan Moynihan (Moynihan, A. B.); Dominique Muller (Muller, D.); Erita Narhetali (Narhetali, E.); Félix Neto (Neto, F.); Kimberly A. Noels (Noels, K. A.); Boglárka Nyúl (Nyúl, B.); Emma C. O’Connor (O’Connor, E. C.); Danielle P. Ochoa (Ochoa, D. P.); Sachiko Ohno (Ohno, S.); Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo (Adebayo, S. O.); Randall Osborne (Osborne, R.); Maria Giuseppina Pacilli (Pacilli, M. G.); Jorge Palacio (Palacio, J.); Snigdha Patnaik (Patnaik, S.); Vassilis Pavlopoulos (Pavlopoulos, V.); Pablo Perez de Leon (Perez de Leon, P.); Ivana Piterová (Piterová, I.); Juliana Barreiros Porto (Porto, J. B.); Angelica Puzio (Puzio, A.); Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna (Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J.); Erico Rentería Pérez (Rentería Pérez, E.); Emma Renström (Renström, E.); Tiphaine Rousseaux (Rousseaux, T.); Michelle K. Ryan (Ryan, M. K.); Mario Sainz (Sainz, M.); Marco Salvati (Salvati, M.); Adil Samekin (Samekin, A.); Simon Schindler (Schindler, S.); Masoumeh Seydi (Seydi, M.); Debra Shepherd (Shepherd, D.); Sara Sherbaji (Sherbaji, S.); Toni Schmader (Schmader, T.); Cláudia Simão (Simão, C.); Rosita Sobhie (Sobhie, R.); Lucille De Souza (De Souza, L.); Emma Sarter (Sarter, E.); Dijana Sulejmanović (Sulejmanović, D.); Katie E. Sullivan (Sullivan, K. E.); Mariko Tatsumi (Tatsumi, M.); Lucy Tavitian-Elmadjian (Tavitian-Elmadjian, L.); Suparna Jain Thakur (Thakur, S. J.); Quang Thi Mong Chi (Chi, Q. T. M.); Beatriz Torre (Torre, B.); Ana Torres (Torres, A.); Claudio V. Torres (Torres, C. V.); Beril Türkoğlu (Türkoğlu, B.); Joaquín Ungaretti (Ungaretti, J.); Timothy Valshtein (Valshtein, T.); Colette Van Laar (Van Laar, C.); Jolanda van der Noll (van der Noll, J.); Vadym Vasiutynskyi (Vasiutynskyi, V.); Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Vauclair, C.-M.); Satu Venäläinen (Venäläinen, S.); Neharika Vohra (Vohra, N.); Marta Walentynowicz (Walentynowicz, M.); Colleen Ward (Ward, C.); Yaping Yang (Yang, Y.); Vincent Yzerbyt (Yzerbyt, V.); Valeska Zanello (Zanello, V.); Antonella Ludmila Zapata-Calvente (Zapata-Calvente, A. L.); Rita Žukauskienė (Žukauskienė, R.); et al.
Journal Title
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Year (definitive publication)
2021
Language
English
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United Kingdom
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Abstract
Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of gender equality and human development. Using data from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions (N = 33,417), we demonstrate: (1) the psychometric isomorphism of the PMB (i.e., its comparability in meaning and statistical properties across the individual and country levels); (2) the PMB’s distinctness from, and associations with, ambivalent sexism and ambivalence toward men; and (3) associations of the PMB with nation-level gender equality and human development. Findings are discussed in terms of their statistical and theoretical implications for understanding widely-held beliefs about the precariousness of the male gender role.
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Keywords
Psychometric isomorphism,Precarious Manhood Beliefs,Ambivalent sexism,Ambivalence toward men
  • Psychology - Social Sciences
  • Sociology - Social Sciences
  • Anthropology - Social Sciences
Funding Records
Funding Reference Funding Entity
RTI2018-093550-B-I00 Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain
20-01214S Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
RVO: 68081740 Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
2017/26/M/HS6/00360 National Science Centre, Poland
RL5GM118963 United States Department of Health & Human Services
2017-00414 Swedish Research Council
04/2019 University of Brasilia
ES/S00274X/1 UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
PSI2016-79971-P Spanish Government
ERC-2016-COG 725128 Comissão Europeia