Navas Luque Marisol, Cuadrado Guirado Isabel, López-Rodríguez Lucía
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Almería.
Psicothema. 2012;24(3):477-82.
This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of a new scale: the Out-group Threat Perception Scale (OTPS). The OTPS was designed to measure the perception of out-group threat, an important psychosocial variable that is closely related to negative attitudes towards out-groups. Three hundred and two Spanish participants responded to the OTPS in reference to the following out-groups: Moroccans (N= 102), Romanians (N= 101) and Ecuadorian immigrants (N= 99). The reliability and item analyses showed that the scale had good internal consistency. Factor analyses yielded two independent dimensions: Realistic Threat and Symbolic Threat. Correlational analyses showed that the OTPS correlated significantly with several psychosocial variables. The present findings suggest that the OTPS is a reliable and valid measure, and it can be a useful instrument to study intergroup relationships in our country.
本研究旨在分析一种新量表——外群体威胁感知量表（OTPS）的心理测量特性。OTPS旨在测量对外群体威胁的感知，这是一个重要的社会心理变量，与对外群体的消极态度密切相关。302名西班牙参与者针对以下外群体对OTPS进行了回应：摩洛哥人（N = 102）、罗马尼亚人（N = 101）和厄瓜多尔移民（N = 99）。信度和项目分析表明该量表具有良好的内部一致性。因子分析得出两个独立维度：现实威胁和象征威胁。相关分析表明，OTPS与多个社会心理变量显著相关。目前的研究结果表明，OTPS是一种可靠且有效的测量工具，它可以成为研究我国群体间关系的有用工具。
