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Scale development to measure attitudes toward unauthorized migration into a foreign country
Kees VAN DER Veer1, Reidar Ommundsen, Krum Krumov
1VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
|May 10, 2008
Summary
This study developed a reliable scale to measure attitudes toward unauthorized migration. The 19-item scale demonstrated cross-national utility in Bulgaria and Vietnam, showing commonalities despite cultural differences.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
Background:
- Attitudes toward unauthorized migration are crucial for understanding societal integration.
- Existing measures may not capture nuances across diverse cultural contexts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a cross-nationally applicable Likert scale for measuring attitudes toward unauthorized migration.
- To assess the scale's utility in migrant-sending nations.
Main Methods:
- Initial pool of 86 attitude statements administered to Bulgarian undergraduates.
- Exploratory factor analysis reduced the scale to 34 items.
- A 19-item scale was validated in Bulgaria and Vietnam using principal component and procrustes analyses.
Main Results:
- A 19-item scale demonstrated high reliability (alphas 0.87-0.89) and no gender differences.
- Exploratory factor analysis yielded three factors in both Bulgarian and Vietnamese samples.
- Procrustes analysis indicated high conceptual equivalence for two factors and moderate for a third.
Conclusions:
- The developed 19-item scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing attitudes toward unauthorized migration across different cultures.
- Despite cultural variations, a common underlying conceptual space for attitudes toward unauthorized migration exists.
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