Abstract
This study evaluated the relationship between sex role orientation and social skill, improving upon previous research by utilizing a more naturalistic role-play assessment, and by assessing both assertion and conversational skills. Fifty-nine female psychology students were classified as masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated based on the PRF-ANDRO scale. These subjects interacted with a confederate who engaged them in a standardized conversation including requests to borrow psychology class notes. The masculine, feminine, and androgynous groups displayed similar levels of assertion and conversational skill, even though masculine subjects rated themselves as more skillful and had fewer negative thoughts associated with being assertive than feminine subjects. Correlational analyses among continuous sex role and behavioral measures revealed that both masculinity and femininity scores were positively correlated with overall conversational skill. These results are interpreted in light of methodological difficulties in previous research, and in light of recent evidence that both masculine and feminine capabilities contribute to social competence in certain behavioral domains.
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