Islamophobia’s separate facets behave differently, so researchers need multidimensional measures of it

Evidence

Moreover, these facets of Islamophobia are differentially related to other constructs and have unique psychometric strengths and weaknesses. Thus, the current three studies provided additional psychometric validation of the structure and properties of the IS and demonstrated the need for this unique individual difference measure of one’s multidimensional fear of Muslims and Islam. Given the contentious nature of events involving Muslims in the post-9/11 world, and the undue negative treatment many Muslims have faced as a result, researchers may perceive the IS as a useful and powerful new tool for examining the pervasive and current problem of Islamophobia. — Sherman A. Lee, Chelsea A. Reid, Stephen D. Short, Jeffrey A. Gibbons, Ruth Yeh, and Matthew L. Campbell, Fear of Muslims, 158

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: what happens when prejudice is measured as a personality trait versus a structural condition — does the trait framing depoliticize it?