Bergh: Generalized Prejudice Dataset

Description Usage Format Source Examples

Description

Dataset from Bergh et al. (2016) where ethnic prejudice, sexism, sexual prejudice against gays and lesbians, and prejudice toward mentally people with disabilities are modeled as indicators of a generalized prejudice factor. It also includes indicators for agreeableness and openness. All variables are composite scores based on underlying 5-point questionnaire items.

Usage

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data("Bergh")

Format

A data frame with 861 individuals, 10 composite scores, and gender:

EP

Ethnic prejudice

SP

Sexism

HP

Sexual prejudice against gays and lesbians

DP

Prejudice toward mentally people with disabilities

A1

Agreeableness indicator 1

A2

Agreeableness indicator 2

A3

Agreeableness indicator 3

O1

Openness indicator 1

O2

Openness indicator 2

O3

Openness indicator 3

gender

gender

Source

Bergh, R., Akrami, N., Sidanius, J., & Sibley, C. (2016) Is group membership necessary for understanding prejudice? A re-evaluation of generalized prejudice and its personality correlates. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 367-395.

Examples

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data("Bergh")
str(Bergh)

Example output

'data.frame':	861 obs. of  11 variables:
 $ EP    : num  2.67 2.67 1 2.67 2.89 ...
 $ SP    : num  3.12 3.25 1.62 2.75 3.25 ...
 $ HP    : num  1.4 1.4 2.7 1.8 2.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.4 4.4 ...
 $ DP    : num  2.82 2.55 2 2.82 3 ...
 $ A1    : num  3.44 2.31 3.56 2.75 3.25 ...
 $ A2    : num  3.6 2.67 4.6 3.2 4.2 ...
 $ A3    : num  3.35 3.12 3.94 3.35 3.76 ...
 $ O1    : num  2.88 4.44 4.25 2.88 3.94 ...
 $ O2    : num  3.4 3.87 3.67 3.4 4.4 ...
 $ O3    : num  3.18 4.47 3.71 3.12 4.29 ...
 $ gender: Factor w/ 2 levels "male","female": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...

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