The Measurement and Structure of Human Rights Attitudes

To investigate the structure of attitudes toward human rights, the authors developed the Human Rights Questionnaire (HRQ) and administered it to two North American samples; the first sample included 365 college students, and the second included 212 college students and 42 adults. Exploratory factor...

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 1995-06, Vol.135 (3), p.313-328
Main Authors: Diaz-Veizades, Jeannette, Widaman, Keith F., Little, Todd D., Gibbs, Katherine W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Association (Psychology)
Attitude Measures
Attitudes
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
California
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
College Students
Death
Democratic Values
Empathy
Employment
Factor Analysis
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Global Approach
Government (Administrative Body)
Higher Education
Human Rights
Ideology
International Law
Medical Services
Nationalism
Patriotism
Political Attitudes
Political power
Politics
Polls & surveys
Psychological research
Psychological Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics. Sociometry
Public Opinion
Questionnaires
Race relations
Racial Relations
Research Methodology
Resistance (Psychology)
Social psychology
Student Attitudes
United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
World Affairs
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Summary:To investigate the structure of attitudes toward human rights, the authors developed the Human Rights Questionnaire (HRQ) and administered it to two North American samples; the first sample included 365 college students, and the second included 212 college students and 42 adults. Exploratory factor analysis was performed on the data from the first sample, and four factors were extracted and rotated: Social Security, Civilian Constraint, Equality, and Privacy. This exploratory factor analysis was validated on the second sample, and the factor structures were compared across the two samples. Four subscales were created from the four factors; these subscales were then correlated with measures of nationalism, patriotism, internationalism, belief in world government, and support for civil liberties. Validity of the four human rights subscales was ascertained, and differences in human rights attitudes across demographic groups, such as gender and political affiliation, were tested. Results are discussed in light of existing conceptualizations regarding human rights and suggestions for future research are made.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.1995.9713961