1. Revisiting the Measurement of Anomie
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Wan Shahrazad, Gillian Finchilescu, Olivier Klein, Nadia Ayub, Lijuan Cui, Tibor Pólya, Frédérique Autin, Laura Megevand, Mario Gollwitzer, Ali Teymoori, Brock Bastian, Michael J. A. Wohl, Tuuli Anna Mähönen, Ying-yi Hong, Paola Paladino, Amarina Ariyanto, Thomas Kessler, Ángel Gómez, Ana Raquel Rosas Torres, Lowell Gaertner, Aleksejs Ruza, Dorthe Høj Jensen, Jolanda Jetten, Tomasz Besta, Roberto González, Marcus Lima, Constantina Badea, Sushama Sharma, Fabrizio Butera, Thomas A. Morton, Minoru Karasawa, Rui Costa-Lopes, Anne Marthe van der Bles, Carole Fantini, University of Indonesia, Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale (LAPPS), Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Université Libre de Bruxelles [Bruxelles] (ULB), The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), Nagoya University, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa, Eriksson, Kimmo, Nanyang Business School, Social Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8), Open University, and Social Psychologists Studying Intergroup Relations (ESSO)
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Male ,Social psychology (sociology) ,Research Validity ,NATIONAL IDENTITY ,Economics ,Social sciences::Sociology [DRNTU] ,Social Sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,050109 social psychology ,Concept of anomie ,Mathematical and Statistical Techniques ,Sociology ,well-being ,Medicine ,Psychology ,Measurement of anomie ,Labor economics ,Social identity theory ,lcsh:Science ,Human Capital ,Multidisciplinary ,Social Research ,Schools ,MULTILEVEL ,05 social sciences ,Politics ,Anomie ,Intergroup relations ,Social Psychology ,Middle Aged ,Research Assessment ,5144 Social psychology ,Scale (social sciences) ,Physical Sciences ,Social Systems ,Female ,Factor analysis ,Construct (philosophy) ,System justification ,Social psychology ,Statistics (Mathematics) ,Research Article ,Adult ,BIG-5 PERSONALITY ,Adolescent ,Psychometrics ,Psychologie sociale ,education ,Economics of poverty ,Australia ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Humans ,North America ,Reproducibility of Results ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Trust ,Young Adult ,Research and Analysis Methods ,050105 experimental psychology ,Education ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Society ,SOCIAL IDENTITY ,Statistical Methods ,Legitimacy ,WEAK TIES ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Discriminant validity ,scale development ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Group Processes ,Sciences humaines ,SYSTEM-JUSTIFICATION ,MODEL ,Socioeconomics ,COLLECTIVE EFFICACY ,lcsh:Q ,measurement ,TRUST ,business ,Mathematics ,BBC PRISON - Abstract
Sociologists coined the term "anomie" to describe societies that are characterized by disintegration and deregulation. Extending beyond conceptualizations of anomie that conflate the measurements of anomie as 'a state of society' and as a 'state of mind', we disentangle these conceptualizations and develop an analysis and measure of this phenomenon focusing on anomie as a perception of the 'state of society'. We propose that anomie encompasses two dimensions: a perceived breakdown in social fabric (i.e. disintegration as lack of trust and erosion of moral standards) and a perceived breakdown in leadership (i.e. deregulation as lack of legitimacy and effectiveness of leadership). Across six studies we present evidence for the validity of the new measure, the Perception of Anomie Scale (PAS). Studies 1a and 1b provide evidence for the proposed factor structure and internal consistency of PAS. Studies 2a-c provide evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. Finally, assessing PAS in 28 countries, we show that PAS correlates with national indicators of societal functioning and that PAS predicts national identification and well-being (Studies 3a & 3b). The broader implications of the anomie construct for the study of group processes are discussed., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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- 2016
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