[Development of a scale of attitudes toward the roles of liberated men (SARLM)].

A ten-item Scale of Attitudes toward the Roles of Liberated Men (SARLM) based on the factor analysis was developed in order to provide a measure of attitudes toward the roles of liberated and traditional men. The scale was administered to 109 men and 93 women and was examined for its reliability and validity. The goodness-of-fit test indicated that the distribution of the scale scores was very close to the normal distribution. The reliability coefficient was .75, the test-retest coefficient with a four-week interval was .94, and the coefficients of the item-total correlations ranged from .43 to .62. These results support the reliability of SARLM. Evidence of the construct validity was derived from the confirmation of five hypotheses regarding sex, educational attainment, age, women's employment status, and husbands' participation in household tasks. SARLM appears to provide a reliable and valid measure for assessing attitudes toward the roles of liberated and traditional men.