A Preliminary Study of Social Attitudes

Johnson, Muriel

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8279.1942.tb02202.x

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“…Simultaneously, Kulp and Davidson (1934) isolated Conservatism as a first factor in another heterogeneous set of items. Since then, factor analyses of such item pools have consistently identified a Conservatism or a Religiousness factor (Brown, 1981; Comrey & Newmeyer, 1965; Eysenck, 1944, 1954, 1971; Ferguson, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1973; Gorsuch & McFarland, 1972; Johnson, 1942; Lorr et al, 1973; Sanai, 1952; G. D. Wilson, 1970).…”

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“…So here I rely on the published factor labels to convey the diversity of content in these factors. The additional factors have been labeled as Humanitarianism (Ferguson, 1939, 1940); Nationalism (Ferguson, 1942); Humanism, Hedonism/Self-Interest, and Work Ethic (Lorr et al, 1973); Tough-Minded versus Tender-Minded (Eysenck, 1944, 1954); Realistic/Rational versus Emotional/Sentimental (Johnson, 1942); and Personal versus Political (Sanai, 1952). There is little agreement between these studies, and some factors seem better classed as personality trait dimensions.…”

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Isms and the structure of social attitudes.

Saucier¹

2000

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

241

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Social attitude measurement has been limited by inadequate structural models. In this study, broad, basic dimensions were sought, with the assumption that crucial variables are represented as terms ending in -ism (isms). 266 isms were extracted from a dictionary, and items were built from their definitions. In a sample of 500 college students, the most replicable item structure had 3 factors; one of these 3 factors split into 2 factors in the 4-factor structure. A replication study confirmed that Conservatism and Authoritarianism are subcomponents of the largest factor. The other factors, though highly meaningful, seem more sparsely represented in previous research. No factor was highly related to personality traits other than Openness to Experience. The factors can serve as content-validity benchmarks for developing improved measurement models in this consequential, discrete domain of individual differences.

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