Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory (AMI) Test

Readers examining how gender expectations shape intimate relationships and social judgments can use the Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory (AMI) Test as a structured self-reflection tool. This questionnaire examines ambivalent attitudes toward men through beliefs about men’s dominance, social power, dependence, protection, provision, and care. Results describe patterns of endorsement rather than one overall attitude.

What This Assessment Explores

The profile separates hostile attitudes toward men from beliefs about care and dependence. All eight scales range 0-5. Most show Low 0-1.6, Moderate 1.7-3.3, High 3.4-5; complementary differentiation adds endorsement, while intimacy and maternalism show Low endorsement 0-1, Moderate endorsement 2-3, High endorsement 4-5. The scales are:

• Heterosexual Hostility and Hostile Paternalism measure beliefs that men dominate women intimately and seek greater social power.
• Heterosexual Intimacy and Maternalism measure beliefs that women need men for completeness and men need women’s domestic care.
• Complementary Gender Differentiation measures protective, provider, and risk-taking beliefs for women; Benevolent Attitudes Toward Men measures positive views of men as protectors and providers needing female care.
• Compensatory Gender Differentiation measures beliefs that men need women’s help with household tasks; Hostility Toward Men measures negative views of men as domineering and powerful in society and intimacy.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement uses six-point agreement from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Items address relationship power, traditional care, protection, provision, dependence, and status. The format captures degrees of endorsement rather than yes-or-no responses.

Results are reported by dimension, so benevolent attitudes toward men can be compared with hostile patterns within one profile. The questionnaire does not document item weights, reverse coding, or a total-score formula; do not infer calculations beyond displayed results.

The principal reference is the Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory (AMI), developed by Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske, which distinguishes hostile from benevolent beliefs about men. Glick and colleagues’ 2004 international study provides related evidence that ambivalent attitudes correspond with gender-inequality patterns across countries; it supports the framework, not identical validation of this online questionnaire.

Standardization and population norms are not stated for this online questionnaire, so its bands describe the profile rather than population-based classifications. As an online self-report questionnaire, it is sensitive to wording, current relationships, cultural expectations, and self-awareness. Interpret the profile as an indication of endorsed beliefs, not as a diagnosis or a substitute for broader assessment.