Using the Bem and Klein Grid Scores to Predict Health Services Usage by Men

Abstract

We examined the association between scores on the Bem Sex Roles Inventory (BSRI), Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, and utilization of hospital inpatient services, emergency departments, and outpatient clinic visits in the past 12 months among 53 men (mean age 39 years). The femininity subscale score on the BSRI, ever having had gonorrhea and age were the three variables identified in a multivariate linear regression significantly predicting use of total health services. This supports the hypothesis that sex roles can assist our understanding of men's use of health services.

Keywords:

• Bem Sex Roles Inventory, health services utilization, Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, masculinity

Funding

The project described was supported in part by Award Numbers R01DA030234 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, P20MD003942 from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, and ID10-CSULB-008 from the California HIV Research Program. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institutes of Health, or the California HIV Research Program. NIDA, NIMHD, or CHRP had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.