Clinical Utility of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) in the Spanish Transsexual and Nontranssexual Population |
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| Authors: | Esther Gómez-Gil Angel Gómez Silvia Cañizares Antonio Guillamón Giuseppina Rametti Isabel Esteva |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute Clinic of Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry , Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona , Spain;2. Department of Social and Organizational Psychology , Psychology Faculty, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia , Madrid , Spain;3. Institute Clinic of Neurosciences, Department of Psychology , Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona , Spain;4. Department of Psychobiology , Psychology Faculty, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia , Madrid , Spain;5. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology , University of Barcelona , Spain;6. Department of Endocrinology , Hospital Carlos Haya , Malaga |
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| Abstract: | The aim of the study is to evaluate the usefulness of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974), an overall measurement of the cultural construct of masculinity and femininity, in the psychological assessment of Spanish transsexuals. Seventy male-to-female transsexuals (MF), 51 female-to-male transsexuals (FM), 77 control men, and 79 control women completed the Spanish version of the BSRI. Statistically significant differences between groups were only found on the femininity scale, on which MF transsexuals and control women scored significantly higher than FM transsexuals and control men. The results indicate that (a) only the femininity scale of the BSRI appears to be useful today for evaluating differences in the sex-role identification in Spanish controls and transsexuals; and (b) MF and FM transsexuals score as a function of their gender identity instead of their anatomical sex on the BSRI femininity scale. |
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