A validated partisan identity measure outperforms traditional strength measures at predicting behavior
Evidence
We assessed the scale’s predictive validity and show that the partisan identity scale is a stronger predictor of in-party vote and political participation than the traditional partisan strength item, a measure of ideological intensity, or other conventional predictors such as education. This is true for both the full and the short scale: Partisan identity strength has a sizeable influence on in-party voting and its effects exceed that of partisanship strength. — Alexa Bankert and Leonie Huddy, Partisan Identity Scale (PIS), 143
Categorization
- XREF: Directly supports the reader’s goal of building a validated scale distinguishing affirmative from negational identity — real predictive-validity evidence for identity-strength measurement. — connects to: Negative partisan identification remains neglected relative to positive partisan identity — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 115; Negative partisanship is operationalized through five socio-psychological identity domains — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 49; A negational partisan identity functions independently of affirmative partisan identity — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not: a new scale to measure…, 22 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Distinguishing identification dimensions improves prediction of intergroup outcomes
#corroborates(0.88) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 143 - New partisan-identity scales can be built via a seven-step validation protocol.
#expands(0.85) — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 35 - Negative partisanship is operationalized through five socio-psychological identity domains
#expands(0.82) — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 49 - A negational partisan identity functions independently of affirmative partisan identity
#expands(0.80) — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 22 - Negative partisan identification remains neglected relative to positive partisan identity
#qualifies(0.78) — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 115 - Measurements previously conflated negative party identification with affective polarization.
#corroborates(0.76) — Sabrina J. Mayer and Luana Russo, What one is not, 33 - Ingroup identification strength moderates whether group-level or individual-level threats drive attitudes.
#qualifies(0.72) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 151