Group-Based Emotions (Mackie & Smith)
Psychology: Social & RelationshipsReliability: alpha 0.854 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of emotions experienced on behalf of one's ingroup — collective pride, anger, guilt, and shame about ingroup actions.
Sample item(s)
“I feel proud of my ingroup's actions”
“I feel angry on behalf of my ingroup”
“I feel guilty about my ingroup's actions”
“I feel ashamed of what my ingroup has done”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.85. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational intergroup-emotions measure.
Source & citation
Mackie, D. M., Devos, T., & Smith, E. R. (2000): Intergroup emotions: Explaining offensive action tendencies in an intergroup context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 602–616.
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