What one is not: a new scale to measure Negative Party Identity in multiparty systems

Sabrina J. Mayer; Luana Russo

doi:10.1007/s11135-023-01793-7

What one is not: a new scale to measure Negative Party Identity in multiparty systems

Sabrina J. Mayer^*, Luana Russo

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Abstract

The concept of negative partisanship has lately become a highly salient topic, yet its current measurements are far from optimal as they do not account for negative partisanship’s nature as a social identity, nor are they applicable to multiparty systems. In this paper, we validate the negative partisanship (NPS) scale. By relying on expert interviews, cognitive pre-tests and a large-N survey in two countries, Germany (N = 1,911) and Italy (N = 1,440), we provide a construct validation using a nomological network based on previous studies and social identity literature. Our results show the applicability of the new instrument, the full five-item version as well as shorter conceptualizations, for the measurement of negative partisanship in multiparty systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2887-2906
Number of pages	20
Journal	Quality & Quantity
Volume	58
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-023-01793-7
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024

Keywords

Cognitive interviews
Negative party identification
Partisanship
Scale construction

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