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Construct validity of the Attitudes About Reality Scale.

W J Evans1

  • 1Department of Counseling, Youngstown State University, OH 44555, USA. wjevans@cc.ysu.edu

Psychological Reports
|July 6, 2000
PubMed
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This study validated the Attitudes About Reality Scale, finding it correlates with authoritarianism and ambiguity tolerance. Higher education levels were linked to more social constructionist views, supporting the scale's construct validity.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Epistemology

Background:

  • Personal epistemology, the study of how individuals understand knowledge, is crucial in fields like psychology.
  • The Attitudes About Reality Scale (AARS) measures personal epistemology along a social constructionist to logical positivist continuum.
  • Validating the AARS is essential for its reliable use in research and practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the construct validity of the Attitudes About Reality Scale (AARS).
  • To investigate the relationship between personal epistemology (as measured by the AARS) and other psychological constructs.
  • To assess demographic differences in personal epistemology.

Main Methods:

  • 118 mental health center employees completed the AARS along with measures of empathy, social interest, tolerance for ambiguity, right-wing authoritarianism, and social desirability.

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  • Correlational analyses were used to examine relationships between the AARS and other scales.
  • Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed to compare AARS scores across demographic groups.

    • Main Results:

    • The AARS demonstrated significant correlations with the Right Wing Authoritarianism Scale and the Multistimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance-I, as hypothesized.
    • Individuals with master's and doctoral degrees scored significantly lower on the AARS (more social constructionist) compared to those with technical or trade school education.
    • No other significant demographic differences were found for AARS scores.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings support the construct validity of the Attitudes About Reality Scale.
    • Personal epistemology, as measured by the AARS, is related to authoritarianism and tolerance for ambiguity.
    • Educational attainment may influence an individual's position on the social constructionist-logical positivist continuum.