The Development and Validation of the Spectrum Role Conflict Scale- Gender

The primary mode of measuring gender role conflict (GRC) is with the gender role conflict scale (GRCS; O’Neil et al., 1986), a measure of masculine GRC in cisgender males. The current study developed a measure of GRC sensitive to multiple types of GRC (i.e., generalized, feminine, masculine) across a variety of gender-identifying groups (i.e., cisgender female, cisgender male, gender diverse). Exploratory factor analyses were run on a gender diverse sample of 302 emerging adults (M=21.12 years) who completed an experimental measure, the Spectrum Role Conflict Scale- Gender (SRCS-G), along with other measures. I identified a 16-item solution explaining 47.3% of the variance in GRC, with items distributed across subscales measuring feminine GRC, generalized GRC, and masculine GRC. Initial analysis of validity suggests the SRCS-G may serve as a novel alternative to the GRCS in assessing multiple forms of GRC in gender-diverse samples. Multivariate analyses of subscale scores evidence that self-identified females and self-identified gender minorities also experience GRC and that variation in the degree of experience exists by GRC subscale.