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Reliability and construct validity of a Swedish social attitude scale for children
Author(s) -
NILSSON INGRID,
EKEHAMMAR BO
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1991.tb00870.x
Subject(s) - psychology , construct validity , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , reliability (semiconductor) , internal consistency , confirmatory factor analysis , developmental psychology , test (biology) , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , statistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language , paleontology , biology
The aim was to construct a social attitude scale for children and to assess its reliability and construct validity, employing a sample of 226 children, aged 8–15, from schools within metropolitan Stockholm. The results showed the precision, test‐retest reliability and internal consistency for the total scale to be moderate among younger subjects (8, 10 and 12 years) and acceptable among older ones (14 and 15 years). Confirmatory factor analyses revealed different factor structures for the various age groups. Only two factors were identified for the 8 year olds, while three, four, and five factors were obtained for the 10, 12, 14, and 15 year old subjects, respectively. The factors were, in consecutive order of appearance, Religion, Punitiveness, Ethnocentrism, Political‐economic conservatism, and Environmental issues. Implications for attitude measurement among children and directions for further research on structural aspects of attitudes are discussed.