The Individual and Group Loyalty Scales (IGLS): Construction and Preliminary Validation

Abstract

Trait loyalty has received virtually no attention from researchers; consequently, the basic goal of this research was to create a measure of interpersonal loyalty. Principal factor analyses of an initial pool of items revealed 2 factors: Individual Loyalty (e.g., "I stand by my friends, even when they make mistakes") and Group Loyalty (e.g., "I am loyal to my country"). Analyses of a revised item pool identified the same 2 factors in a second sample. Scales based on these factors were internally consistent and only moderately related to one another. Additional analyses indicated that both scales (a) were stable over time; (b) showed moderate to strong self-peer agreement; (c) positively correlated with conscientiousness, agreeableness, altruism, and positive emotionality; and (d) negatively related to an avoidant attachment style. However, these associations all were moderate in magnitude (in fact, none was as high as |.40|), indicating that the Individual and Group Loyalty Scales tap unique variance that is not captured by existing instruments.

Online Group-Buying of Tourism Products: Effects of Value and Trust on Site Attachment, Altruism, and Loyalty

“…Following Beer and Watson (2009) and Ren et al (2012), altruism is one explanation for why site visitors post information and comments on online sites. In reciprocal altruism, one person engages in altruistic behavior in the expectation that another person will respond in kind and includes both direct and indirect reciprocity (Beer & Watson, 2009;Fiedler & Sarstedt, 2010).…”

“…In reciprocal altruism, one person engages in altruistic behavior in the expectation that another person will respond in kind and includes both direct and indirect reciprocity (Beer & Watson, 2009;Fiedler & Sarstedt, 2010). Common-identity attachment occurs when members identify with the entire group because of its purposes and goals and describes the form of attachment most common among users of online sites (Ren et al, 2007(Ren et al, , 2012.…”

“…Altruism is related to loyalty and reflects a degree of selflessness (Beer & Watson, 2009) and altruism encourages loyalty (Stark, 1989). Simon (1992) also asserts that individuals are likely to be loyal to an organization because those individuals' actions are altruistic toward other members of the organization.…”

The log in my eye : awareness, acceptance, and correction of partisan political bias

“…Participants were then presented with the Moral Rationality scale, which consisted of a 9-item subscale assessing how moral people believe it is to engage in rational thinking and a 6-item subscale assessing how important people believe it is to make rational judgments. This was followed by a 3-item scale of categorical thinking (Epstein, 1996), a 7-items scale for actively open-minded thinking (Epstein, 1996), an 8-item measure of group loyalty (Beer & Watson, 2009), and a 7-item exploratory scale created for the purposes of this study to assess political loyalty. Although a robust association between partisanship and political loyalty is anticipated, it is not hypothesized that they will assess the same construct.…”

“…Do not bad mouth my countryPolitical Loyalty (7-items; inspired byBeer & Watson, 2009, items created for these studies) Scale: 1(strongly disagree) to 5 (strong agree)In general, I… 1) Believe those who share my political views should be protected 2) Do not criticize members of my own political party 3) Admire those who protect members of their own political party 4) Will protect those who share my political views 5) Am loyal to my political party 6) Respect members of my political party7) I am loyal to those who share my political views Science Literacy (8-items; Braman et. Al, 2012; National Science Board, 2010) Scale for first six items: Yes/No 1) The center of the Earth is very hot 2) All radioactivity is man-made 3) Lasers work by focusing sound waves 4) Electrons are smaller than atoms 5) It is the father's genes that decides whether the baby is a boy or a girl 6) Antibiotics kill viruses as well as bacteria 7) Does the Earth go around the Sun, or the Sun go around the Earth?…”