Measuring Sexism, Racism, Sexual Prejudice, Ageism, Classism, and Religious Intolerance: The Intolerant Schema Measure

Autor: Emily K. Voller, Patricia J. Long, Allison C. Aosved
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 39:2321-2354
ISSN: 1559-1816
0021-9029
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00528.x
Popis: Despite similarities between sexism, racism, sexual prejudice, ageism, classism, and religious intolerance, investigators do not routinely investigate these intolerant beliefs simultaneously. The purpose of this project was to create a brief, psychometrically sound measure of intolerance reflecting these 6 constructs. Data from existing measures (Attitudes Toward Women Scale, Neosexism Scale, Modern and Old-Fashioned Racism Scale, Modern Homophobia Scale, Frabroni Scale of Ageism, Economic Beliefs Scale, and M-GRISM) and from items created by the authors were obtained from several college samples to create the Intolerant Schema Measure (ISM). Results support the internal consistency, test‐retest reliability, and factor structure of the questionnaire. Expected relationships between measured concepts, social dominance, social desirability, and across key demographic groups support the validity of the instrument. jasp_528 2321..2354 Intolerance toward others is an important problem in today’s society. Prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination are three facets of intolerance that serve to oppress members of multiple minority groups (Lott & Maluso, 1995). More specifically, the intolerance of “other”—or those who are somehow different from a majority group—is a belief that allows for injustice and inequality between groups of people. When we are intolerant of others at the individual level, it maintains systematic oppression and ultimately silences the oppressed group (Lott & Maluso, 1995). There are many forms of intolerance, including sexism, racism, sexual prejudice (a preferred concept and term, in comparison to homophobia; Herek, 2000), ageism, classism, and religious intolerance. While intolerance is 1
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