Distinct consequences indicate whether symbolic-racism variants are truly separate constructs.

Evidence

One test of whether these two variants are really slightly different pieces of a common underlying belief system, as opposed to being truly different constructs, is to see if they have different consequences and correlates. We developed subscales for both variants in each data set by averaging the items that fell together 744 Christopher Tarman and David O. — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 89

Categorization

• DEFINE: Articulates a clear criterion for construct distinctness vs. shared latent belief — useful methodological handle for the reader’s own scaling of threat vs. political attitudes.
• XREF: connects to: Symbolic racism is empirically distinct from old-fashioned racism. — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 193; Old-fashioned racism and symbolic racism are theoretically and empirically distinct constructs — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3632; Symbolic racism measures may overlap conceptually with their outcome variables — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3659 (+6 more)

Related

• Symbolic racism’s discriminant validity from allied constructs is empirically testable (similarity 0.93)
• Controversy over symbolic racism measures is empirically moot since all variants predict equally. (similarity 0.91)
• Symbolic racism scales measure a construct distinct from the policy preferences they predict. (similarity 0.90)
• Symbolic racism is empirically distinct from old-fashioned racism. (similarity 0.89)
• Different racism constructs predict political outcomes unequally (similarity 0.88)
• Symbolic racism loads on a statistically distinct factor from older racism forms (similarity 0.87)
• Symbolic racism scales measure a distinct attitude rather than mere conservatism (similarity 0.87)
• Symbolic racism may decompose into separate attitude factors rather than one coherent belief system (similarity 0.87)
• Symbolic racism measurement is internally coherent and unified. (similarity 0.86)
• Subscale choice does not alter symbolic racism’s effect on racial policy even after controls. (similarity 0.85)
• Some symbolic racism items overlap tautologically with the policy attitudes they predict (similarity 0.84)
• Response biases fail to explain symbolic racism’s predictive findings (similarity 0.84)
• Symbolic racism explains racial policy preferences independent of conservatism. (similarity 0.83)
• Old-fashioned racism and symbolic racism are theoretically and empirically distinct constructs (similarity 0.83)
• Most whites endorse new symbolic racism beliefs while rejecting old-fashioned racism (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Old-fashioned racism and symbolic racism are theoretically and empirically distinct constructs #corroborates (0.90) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3632
• Symbolic racism is empirically distinct from old-fashioned racism. #corroborates (0.85) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 193
• Symbolic racism’s discriminant validity from allied constructs is empirically testable #corroborates (0.85) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 147
• Some symbolic racism items overlap tautologically with the policy attitudes they predict #contradicts (0.85) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 24
• Symbolic racism measures may overlap conceptually with their outcome variables #contradicts (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3659
• Symbolic racism loads on a statistically distinct factor from older racism forms #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3743
• Symbolic racism scales measure a distinct attitude rather than mere conservatism #corroborates (0.80) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 192
• Symbolic racism may decompose into separate attitude factors rather than one coherent belief system #qualifies (0.75) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 22