Journal article
Development and Validation of the Privileged Social Class Attitudes Scale (PSCAS)
The Counseling psychologist, Vol.51(5), pp.655-683
07/01/2023
DOI: 10.1177/00110000231165453
Abstract
The goal of the study was to develop a scale to assess the social class attitudinal profiles of people with social class privilege. Based on social class theory and other models of privileged identities, we generated an item pool reflecting different attitudinal profiles. In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis revealed a scale with four core social class attitude subscales (Social Class Prejudice, Acknowledgement, Awareness, and Action) and three additional scales reflecting independent social class constructs (Social Class Identity Centrality, Guilt, and Fortune). In Study 2, we found that the subscales fit together in a multifactor correlational model and established construct validity. However, the Action subscale surprisingly correlated positively with the Prejudice scale. Post hoc analyses revealed this correlation existed only for those high in just world beliefs. Taken together, the Privileged Social Class Attitudes Scale provides a new tool for investigating the attitudinal profiles of people with social class privilege.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development and Validation of the Privileged Social Class Attitudes Scale (PSCAS)
- Creators
- Amanda S. S. Case - Purdue University SystemBlake A. A. Allan - University of HoustonPatrick K. K. Murphy - Purdue University SystemAnkita Nikalje - Purdue University System
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Counseling psychologist, Vol.51(5), pp.655-683
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- DOI
- 10.1177/00110000231165453
- ISSN
- 0011-0000
- eISSN
- 1552-3861
- Number of pages
- 29
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984701726502771
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