%0 Journal Article %A K. M. Rabiul Karim %D 2013 %J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 76, 2013 %T Reliability and Validity of the Masculine Subordination to Women Stress Scale in a Rural Bangladesh Sample %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997069 %V 76 %X The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Masculine Subordination-to-women Stress Scale (MSS) in the rural Bangladeshi population. The scale was validated using a sample of 342 Bangladeshi married men from 5 northwest villages of the country. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a single-factorial structure of the scale: masculine subordination-to-women stress. The MSS also showed adequate reliability and concurrent validity. It appears that the MSS is a reliable and valid instrument to measure masculine subordination-to-women stress for Bangladeshi men. However, further study of the scale is imperative. %P 1055 - 1061