Comparative validation of self-report measures of negative attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

Timothy C Skinner; Julie Blick; Juli Coffin; Pat Dudgeon; Simon Forrest; David Morrison

doi:10.22605/RRH1959

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Comparative validation of self-report measures of negative attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

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Comparative validation of self-report measures of negative attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

Timothy C Skinner, Julie Blick, Juli Coffin, Pat Dudgeon, Simon Forrest and David Morrison

Rural and remote health, Vol.13(2), pp.1959-1959

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH1959

PMID: 23565853

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Abstract

Aboriginal Australian

attitudes

prejudice

validity

Introduction: This study sought to determine the construct validity of two self-report measures of attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders against an implicit measure of attitude. Method: Total of 102 volunteer participants completed the three measures in a randomized order. The explicit measures of prejudice towards Aboriginal Australians were the Modern Racism Scale (MRS) and the Attitudes Towards Indigenous Australians Scale (ATIAS). The implicit attitudes measure was an adaptation of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and utilised simple drawn head-and-shoulder images of Aboriginal Australians and White Australians as the stimuli. Results: Both explicit measures and implicit measure varied in the extent to which negative prejudicial attitudes were held by participants, and the corresponding construct validities were unimpressive. The MRS was significantly correlated with the IAT, (r=.314;p<.05) where the ATIAS was not significantly correlated with IAT scores (r=.12). Conclusion: Of the two self-report measures of attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians, only the MRS evidenced validity when compared with the use of an implicit attitude measure.

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Title: Comparative validation of self-report measures of negative attitudes towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders
Authors/Creators: Timothy C Skinner - University of Tasmania
Julie Blick - The University of Western Australia
Juli Coffin - Primary Health Care
Pat Dudgeon - School of Indigenous Studies
Simon Forrest - Curtin University
David Morrison - School of Psychological Science
Publication Details: Rural and remote health, Vol.13(2), pp.1959-1959
Identifiers: 991005560446207891
Murdoch Affiliation: Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.73 Social Psychology; 6.73.447 Racial Identity
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