Feeling Thermometer (Outgroup Attitudes)
Psychology: Values & BeliefsReliability: single item3 sample items
About this scale
A single-item measure: 'Using a 0–100 scale, where 0 means very cold/unfavorable and 100 means very warm/favorable, how do you feel about [target group]?'
Sample item(s)
“How do you feel about [racial/ethnic outgroup]? (0–100)”
“How do you feel about [political outgroup]? (0–100)”
“How do you feel about [religious outgroup]? (0–100)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: single item. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Standard intergroup-attitudes measure.
Source & citation
Wilcox, C., Sigelman, L., & Cook, E. (1989): Some like it hot: Individual differences in responses to group feeling thermometers. Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 246–257.
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