An Indirect Paper-and-Pencil Measure of Prejudice: A German Version of the Racial Argument Scale |
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| Authors: | Kirsten Heitland Gerd Bohner |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Graduate School “Group-Focused Enmity”, University of Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany;(2) Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Prejudices against minorities are still a cause of inter-ethnic conflict and violence, although their expression has changed
from blatant to more subtle forms. There has been a shortage of valid and reliable German-language scales for the measurement
of contemporary racial prejudices. The Racial Argument Scale (RAS; Saucier & Miller Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
35:433–450, 2003) measures contemporary prejudice indirectly by asking respondents to judge how well given arguments support a conclusion.
This scale was adapted to the German context with Turks as the target group. A validation study using a diverse sample of
German adults (N = 194) attests to the reliability and construct validity of the German RAS (RAS-G). The adapted instrument is thus suitable
for the indirect measurement of prejudice in German-speaking samples. |
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