A measure of internal and external motivation to control in-group bias
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Summary, in English
A measure of individual differences in the motivation to control in-group bias (favouritism) was created. As in Plant and Devine’s (1998) measure of out-group bias, one subscale referred to an internal motivational source and the other to an external motivational source.
The psychometric properties of the measure were tested across four samples. The results indicate that the measure reliably captures individual differences in the motivation to control in-group bias, and that a distinction between internal and external motivational sources of control can be made. However, the convergent and discriminant validity of both subscales needs to be examined further before the measure can be considered launchable. Implications
for research on intergroup bias are discussed.
The psychometric properties of the measure were tested across four samples. The results indicate that the measure reliably captures individual differences in the motivation to control in-group bias, and that a distinction between internal and external motivational sources of control can be made. However, the convergent and discriminant validity of both subscales needs to be examined further before the measure can be considered launchable. Implications
for research on intergroup bias are discussed.
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Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Psychological Reports
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Document type
Report
Publisher
Department of Psychology, Lund University
Topic
- Psychology
Keywords
- in-group vs. out-group
- control
- in-group bias
Status
Published
Report number
12 (2)
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1404-8035