Collective Contempt Scale

Instructions: Contempt is an emotion defined as feelings of dislike, disrespect, or superiority. Please rate the following items about your feelings with your (Insert Group) in mind, that is, being a(n) (Group).

1. I feel my group is superior to some other groups.

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

2. I feel contempt because some other groups have inferior morals compared to my group.

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

3. Some other groups are fake and hypocritical while my group is genuine.

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

4. I feel contempt for some other groups because they have poor ethics.

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

5. I feel some other groups are not worth my group’s attention.

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

Citation: Reysen, S., & Branscombe, N. R. (2007, January). Validation of collective emotion scales for happiness, fear, jealousy, disgust, contempt, and hope. Poster presented at the 2^nd annual Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN.

Study 1

Participants: N = 145, 52.4% men, 19.19 yrs. old, SD = 1.23

Salient Group: American

Mean Score: 4.26 (SD = 1.37)

Alpha: .81

Variance: 57.16%

Correlations: American Identification (r = .31), Nationalism (r = .42), Patriotism (r = .09, n.s.), Private Collective Self-Esteem (r = -.13, n.s.), Public Collective Self-Esteem (r = -.01), Political Orientation (r = -.23, higher scores indicate a liberal orientation), Contempt Subscale of the Differential Emotions Scale (r = .44)

Study 2

Participants: N = 330

Correlation: CPI Social Desirability (r = .06, n.s.)

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