A 10-item Masculine Emotional Expressivity scale with Masculine Emotional Inhibition and Masculine Emotional Openness, subscales shows satisfactory reliability and validity for masculinity research.
Authors
Swati Saxena, Department of Psychology, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Rati Khurana, Social Science and Liberal Arts, IILM University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Kriti Vyas, Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (TSLAS), TIET, Patiala, Punjab, India
Navkiran Kalsi, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Summary
Background: The societal norms of emotional expression among males have been evolving for the past few decades. However, males prefer to keep their emotions hidden and avoid their genuine expression, as they want to conform to traditional masculine gender roles. The suppression or inhibition adversely affects the mental health of men in our society.
Purpose: The current article aims to develop and standardise a tool for assessing Masculine Emotional Expressivity (MEE).
Methods: The study included males (N = 715, M = 22.76, SD = 4.31) from various educational institutes and corporations. The author created an initial pool of 26 items to assess the males’ emotional expressivity. This initial pool of items was sent to a group of experts for review. After the review, items were modified and 16 items were selected. These 16 items were subjected to a complete psychometric evaluation.
Results: The findings resulted in a scale containing 10 items (a five-point Likert scale) and two subscales: Masculine Emotional Inhibition (MEI) and Masculine Emotional Openness (MEO), as determined by post-factor analysis. The MEE scale showed satisfactory reliability and validity.
Conclusion: This scale can contribute to further research in social psychology, clinical psychology, gender and culture-related studies.
Published in: Annals of Neurosciences
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