title: [Reliability and validity evidence of the Out-group Threat Perception Scale (OTPS)].
abstract: 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.
authors: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Almería. msnavas@ual.es
authors: Marisol
authors: M
authors: Navas Luque
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Cuadrado Guirado
authors: Lucía
authors: L
authors: López-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003469:Culture; D004484:Ecuador / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D011287:Prejudice; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012383:Romania / Q000208:ethnology; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires