Basic Personality Traits as Correlates of Implicit Prejudice

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between "Big Five" personality dimensions and implicit prejudice towards two groups: (1) homosexuals and (2) elderly people. We employed the NEO PI-R personality inventory to register basic personality dimensions, the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to measure implicit prejudice, and a semantic differential and the Fraboni scale to assess explicit prejudice. Results of the correlation and multiple regression analyses indicated that implicit prejudice toward homosexuals was related to Openness to Experience, while implicit ageism was related to Agreeableness. More precisely, people who obtained lower scores on these personality dimensions were more likely to hold implicit prejudice towards members of these stigmatized groups. We demonstrated that the relationship between personality and implicit prejudice could not be reduced to the relationship of personality traits with the explicit measures of prejudice. We compared these findings with the previously obtained pattern of results for explicit prejudice measures and discussed their implications for a theoretical distinction between implicit and explicit prejudice constructs.

The psychometric properties, confirmatory factor analysis, and cut‐off value for the Fraboni scale of ageism (FSA) in a sampling of healthcare workers

“…It was seen in the literature that the Cronbach's α values for studies conducted using the FSA ranged between 0.71 and 0.91. 29,41,[62][63][64][65][66][67] Although the Cronbach's α value is higher than this study in some other studies, they exhibit similarities with our study, and the FSA is a reliable scale.…”

“…It was seen in the literature that the scores for the FSA varied between 51 and 120 in studies conducted with nurses 25,29,64‐66,69‐75 . Some of the findings in the literature, like our study, determined that women 25,65,76‐78 and people with nuclear families discriminated 76,79‐81 that university graduates discriminated less, 25 and that discrimination decreased as education level increased 81 .…”

“…In this context, the results of the measurements taken for the FSA demonstrate that the internal consistency of the scale is quite reliable, that the dataset was fully consistent for the factor analysis, that the number of factors was limited to three because the total variance percentages for the first three factors in our study was greater than 5% and because the breaking points for the high‐acceleration rapid drops in the scree plot graph gradually decreased after the third factor, and that these three factors explained accounted for 30.23% of the total variance. It was seen in the literature that the Cronbach's α values for studies conducted using the FSA ranged between 0.71 and 0.91 29,41,62‐67 . Although the Cronbach's α value is higher than this study in some other studies, they exhibit similarities with our study, and the FSA is a reliable scale.…”

“…It was seen in the literature that the scores for the FSA varied between 51 and 120 in studies conducted with nurses. 25,29,[64][65][66][69][70][71][72][73][74][75] Some of the findings in the literature, like our study, determined that women that university graduates discriminated less, 25 and that discrimination decreased as education level increased. 81 Previous studies have found that healthcare workers who interact one-on-one with elderly individuals have more negative stereotypes than workers in other sectors.…”

Translation and preliminary validation of the Serbian version of an ageism scale for dental students (ASDS‐Serb)

“…16 In addition, a study of attitudes toward stigmatized groups among young Serbians showed a relationship between some personality dimensions such as a lack of cooperation (agreeableness) and negative prejudices towards older adults over that of younger adults. 29 However, a deeper sociocultural investigation is needed to compare attitudes toward younger and older individuals in the Serbian community. Discrepancies between versions indicate that different sociopolitical and cultural backgrounds strongly influence ageism and point to the need for further investigation about the interconnection between medical and sociocultural factors on ageism.…”