Attitude scale items resist perfect psychological reversal

Evidence

It is probably not possible to write items that are perfect psychological contraries to the assertions of the F Scale. Each of these latter conveys a very complex pattern of connotations. To reverse that full pattern is not an easy trick. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 587

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reversing scale items produces contraries that do not exhaust all possible opinions

Broader Connections

• Reversing scale items produces contraries that do not exhaust all possible opinions #corroborates (0.92)