Masculinity test

People who want to examine how they understand masculinity can use this questionnaire to reflect on personal assumptions and social expectations. The masculinity test produces a multidimensional profile rather than a single judgment, making it useful for anyone considering how norms may shape their views and choices. This masculinity assessment organizes the questionnaire’s responses into a profile showing where endorsement is strong, moderate, or flexible.

What This Assessment Explores

Items cover friendship, sexuality, status, domestic roles, independence, strength, and risk. Higher scores show stronger endorsement; lower scores indicate less opposition, emotional closeness, broader success criteria, shared reliance, or egalitarian views.

The profile covers:

• Homosociality and Homophobia (0-9) measures whether men should differ from women and gay men; Low 0-3, Moderate 4-6, High 7-9.
• Impersonal Sexuality (0-9) measures preference for sex without emotional closeness; Low 0-3, Moderate 4-6, High 7-9.
• Achievement Orientation (0-9) measures career, leadership, and status; Low 0-3, Moderate 4-6, High 7-9.
• Self-Reliance (0-9) measures independence; Flexible reliance 0-4, Moderate self-reliance 5-6, Strong self-reliance 7-9.
• Toughness and Hardness (0-9) measures physical strength, emotional toughness, and risk-taking; Low rigidity 0-3, Moderate rigidity 4-6, High rigidity 7-9.
• Adherence to Traditional Masculine Norms (0-9) measures traditional masculinity norms; Egalitarian 0-3, Mixed 4-6, Traditionalist 7-9.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Across the sample, this self-report questionnaire asks respondents to rate agreement with statements about men. The demonstrated options run from strong disagreement to strong agreement, with middle choices such as not sure or hard to say allowing uncertainty rather than a yes-or-no response.

Results are displayed across six dimensions, with the supplied bands organizing the pattern of endorsements for interpretation. This male behavior questionnaire is conceptually consistent with the Russian Male Attitude Norms Inventory, particularly its focus on beliefs about gendered behavior. It also overlaps conceptually with Luyt’s work on masculine ideology and with the Russian-language comparison of traditional-norm measures by Krivoshchekov, Gulevich, and Sorokina. Together, these conceptual links place the questionnaire within research on masculine norms; they do not transfer the published instruments’ scores to this form.

Interpretation is clearest across the profile. Current context, social desirability, and self-awareness can affect self-report responses. The questionnaire has no stated standardization, reliability estimates, or population norms; its bands organize reflection rather than clinical classification.