Belief in Collective Emotions Scale

Instructions: Circle how strongly you agree with each statement.

1. If people are in a group, then they may feel emotions they otherwise would not have.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

2. People can feel emotions based on their group’s actions.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

3. A group’s history can affect its members’ emotions.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

4. Group members can feel emotional reactions to events they were not directly involved in.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

5. People can identify with a group and feel emotions as a result of being a member of that group.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

Citation: Reysen, S., & Branscombe, N. R. (2007, January). Belief in collective emotions scale: Construction, validation, and an examination of strategic expression. Poster presented at the 8^th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Study 1

Participants: N = 150, 51.3% women, 19.23 yrs. old, SD = 1.93

Salient Group: American

Mean Score: 6.14 (SD = 1.12)

Alpha: .83

Variance: 59.89%

Correlations: American identification (r = .33), Whole Group Accountability (r = .17), Collective Guilt Assignment (r = .40), Patriotism (r = .37), Group Attachment Avoidance (r = -.36), Group Attachment Anxiety (r = -.24)

Study 2

Participants: N = 330, 50% women, 19.3 yrs. old, SD = 2.17

Correlation: CPI Social Desirability (r = .03, n.s.)

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