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Wilson and Patterson's Conservatism Scale: A shortened alternative form
Author(s) -
Kirton M. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00286.x
Subject(s) - conservatism , psychology , scale (ratio) , interpretation (philosophy) , reliability (semiconductor) , factorial , value (mathematics) , factorial analysis , social psychology , clinical psychology , econometrics , statistics , mathematics , philosophy , thermodynamics , linguistics , law , physics , mathematical analysis , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , politics , political science
The present study shows the continued usefulness of the C scale, using two independent samples ( n = 286, n = 276). Following item analysis a shortened 30‐item scale is proposed as an alternative to Wilson's own (1975) revision. Evidence is given that this shortened alternative has high internal reliability, improved relationships with other relevant tests, strong underlying unidimensionality, elegant factorial structure and value in the interpretation of other concepts.