Table III.
Confirmatory Factor Analysis Results for the Final GRC/S Scale (n=290)
| FACTOR AND ITEM | Factor loadinga |
|---|---|
| Success, power, competition | .73 |
| I worry about failing and how it affects my doing well as a man. | .32 |
| I am often concerned about how others evaluate my ability to provide for my family. | .27 |
| I strive to be more successful than others. | .55 |
| I sometimes define my personal value by my ability to make money or find work. | .54 |
| Feeling that I am in good physical condition is important to me as man. | .57 |
| Being physically stronger than other men is important to me. | .68 |
| I always strive to win in sports competitions. | .72 |
| Having a girlfriend or wife is part of my idea of being a successful man. | .47 |
| Subordination to women | .87 |
| Making more money than a woman is a measure of my value and personal worth. | .38 |
| Being outperformed at work by a woman would make me uncomfortable. | .57 |
| I would be concerned if my friends knew I live with a woman and did any housework. | .50 |
| I do not like to let a woman take control of the situation. | .43 |
| I would be concerned if my friends knew I stayed at home to take care of children while my wife goes to work. | .51 |
| Having a female boss would be difficult for me. | .53 |
| Restrictive emotionality | .61 |
| I have difficulty telling others I care about them. | .63 |
| Talking about my feelings during or after sex is difficult for me. | .58 |
| I often have trouble finding words to describe how I am feeling. | .62 |
| I do not like to show my emotions to other people. | .67 |
| Having someone see me cry would be difficult for me. | .52 |
| Sexual prowess | .56 |
| Being able to perform sexually is important to me as a man. | .78 |
| I feel that I always need to be ready for sex with my partner, even if I am tired. | .44 |
| I worry about being unable to become sexually aroused when I want. | .60 |
| It is important to me to know I can drink as much or more than others. | .44 |
| Having sex is part of being a successful man. | .49 |
| Dropped items | |
| Making money is part of my idea of being a successful man. | |
| I often feel like I need to be in charge of those around me. | |
| I like to feel superior to other people. | |
| Affection with other men makes me tense. | |
a
Loadings for the factors (in bold) are loadings of those factors on the higher-order construct.
All analyses incorporated sampling weights and accounted for the cluster sampling design.
All factor loadings were significant at p<0.05; p=0.000 for all but two items.