Bergh: Generalized Prejudice Dataset

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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

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

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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