Structure of Social Attitudes
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 39 (2) , 463-466
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1976.39.2.463
Abstract
A quota sample of 1,442 subjects was administered a Wilson-Patterson type questionnaire of social attitudes containing 68 items. Correlations were calculated between items, and a factor analysis carried out. 13 meaningful primary factors were discovered, the correlations between which gave rise to 2 major higher-order factors. These were closely similar in content to the Radicalism and Toughmindedness factors previously isolated in research with more orthodox types of items.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Genetics and the development of social attitudesNature, 1974
- The Structure and Content of Social Attitude Referents: A Preliminary StudyEducational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
- A Social Attitude Scale: Evidence on Reliability and ValidityPsychological Reports, 1970