Male Role Norms Inventory – Revised (MRNI-R)
Instructions:
Please tick (☑) the box that best represents your level of agreement with each statement
below.
Response Options:
1 = Strongly Disagree | 2 = Disagree | 3 = Slightly Disagree | 4 = Neither Agree nor
Disagree | 5 = Slightly Agree | 6 = Agree | 7 = Strongly Agree
Subscale Item Statement ☑1 ☑2 ☑3 ☑4 ☑5 ☑6 ☑7
Restrictive 1 A man
Emotionality should never
admit when
others hurt
his feelings.
Restrictive 2 Men should
Emotionality not be too
quick to tell
others that
they care
about them.
Restrictive 3 Men should
Emotionality be detached
in
emotionally
charged
situations.
Restrictive 4 A man
Emotionality should not
react when
other people
cry.
Restrictive 5 One should
Emotionality not be able to
tell how a
man is
feeling by
looking at his
face.
Restrictive 6 Fathers
Emotionality should teach
their sons to
mask fear.
Restrictive 7 Being a little
Emotionality down in the
dumps is not
a good
reason for a
man to act
depressed.
Restrictive 8 A man
Emotionality should avoid
holding his
wife's purse
at all times.
Restrictive 9 Men should
Emotionality not borrow
money from
friends or
family
members.
Avoidance 10 I might find
of it a little silly
Femininity or
embarrassing
if a male
friend of
mine cried
over a sad
love story.
Negativity 11 A man
Toward should not
Sexual continue a
Minorities friendship
with another
man if he
finds out that
the other
man is
homosexual.
Restrictive 12 A man
Emotionality shouldn't
bother with
sex unless he
can achieve
orgasm.
Self- 13 Men should
Reliance have home
Through improvement
Mechanical skills.
Skills
Self- 14 Men should
Reliance be able to fix
Through most things
Mechanical around the
Skills house.
Self- 15 A man
Reliance should know
Through how to repair
Mechanical his car if it
Skills should break
down.
Negativity 16 All
Toward homosexual
Sexual bars should
Minorities be closed
down.
Negativity 17 Homosexuals
Toward should never
Sexual kiss in
Minorities public.
Negativity 18 Homosexuals
Toward should never
Sexual marry.
Minorities
Negativity 19 Homosexuals
Toward should be
Sexual barred from
Minorities the teaching
profession.
Negativity 20 Homosexuals
Toward should not be
Sexual allowed to
Minorities serve in the
military.
Negativity 21 It is
Toward disappointing
Sexual to learn that
Minorities a famous
athlete is
gay.
Negativity 22 Men should
Toward never
Sexual compliment
Minorities or flirt with
another male.
Negativity 23 Men should
Toward never hold
Sexual hands or
Minorities show
affection
toward
another.
Restrictive 24 A man
Emotionality should not
continue a
friendship
with another
man if he
finds out that
the other
man is
homosexual.
Avoidance 25 Boys should
of play with
Femininity action
figures not
dolls.
Avoidance 26 Men should
of watch
Femininity football
games
instead of
soap operas.
Avoidance 27 Boys should
of prefer to play
Femininity with trucks
rather than
dolls.
Avoidance 28 A man
of should prefer
Femininity watching
action
movies to
reading
romantic
novels.
Avoidance 29 Men should
of not wear
Femininity make-up,
cover-up, or
bronzer.
Avoidance 30 Boys should
of not throw
Femininity baseballs like
girls.
Avoidance 31 Men should
of not be
Femininity interested in
talk shows
such as
'Oprah.'
Avoidance 32 Men should
of excel at
Femininity contact
sports.
Restrictive 33 I might find
Emotionality it a little silly
or
embarrassing
if a male
friend of
mine cried
over a sad
love story.
Importance 34 A man
of Sex should
always be
ready for
sex.
Importance 35 A man
of Sex should not
turn down
sex.
Importance 36 Men should
of Sex always like
to have sex.
Restrictive 37 It is ok for a
Emotionality man to use
any and all
means to
"convince" a
woman to
have sex.
Toughness 38 When the
going gets
tough, men
should get
tough.
Toughness 39 I think a
young man
should try to
be physically
tough, even
if he's not
big.
Toughness 40 Men should
get up to
investigate if
there is a
strange noise
in the house
at night.
Toughness 41 It is
important for
a man to take
risks, even if
he might get
hurt.
Toughness 42 A man must
be able to
make his
own way in
the world.
Dominance 43 Men should
be the leader
in any group.
Dominance 44 A man
should
always be the
boss.
Dominance 45 Men should
make the
final decision
involving
money.
Dominance 46 The
President of
the U.S.
should
always be a
man.
Dominance 47 A man
should
provide the
discipline in
the family.
Dominance 48 A man
should
always be the
major
provider in
his family.
Dominance 49 In a group, it
is up to the
men to get
things
organized
and moving
ahead.
Scoring Note: Higher total and subscale scores indicate greater endorsement of traditional
male role norms.
Original Citation:
Levant, R. F., Rankin, T. J., Williams, C. M., Hasan, N. T., & Smalley, K. B. (2010).
Evaluation of the factor structure and construct validity of scores on the Male Role
Norms Inventory—Revised (MRNI-R). Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 11(1), 25.
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