Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2012. Vol. Vol. 24 (nº 3). 477-482
Marisol Navas Luque, Isabel Cuadrado Guirado y Lucía López-Rodríguez
Universidad de Almería
El objetivo del trabajo es estudiar las propiedades psicométricas de una nueva escala (Escala de Percepción de Amenaza Exogrupal, EPAE), destinada a medir la percepción de amenaza exogrupal, una variable psicosocial estrechamente relacionada con actitudes negativas hacia los exogrupos que la elicitan. Participaron en el estudio 302 personas españolas que respondían a un cuestionario sobre inmigrantes marroquíes (N= 102), rumanos (N= 101) o ecuatorianos (N= 99). Los análisis de los ítems y de fiabilidad demostraron una buena consistencia interna de la escala. Los análisis factoriales mostraron dos dimensiones independientes: amenaza realista y amenaza simbólica. Los análisis de correlaciones mostraron que la EPAE estaba significativamente relacionada con otras variables psicosociales. Estos resultados sugieren que la EPAE es una medida fiable y válida y puede constituir un instrumento de gran utilidad para el estudio de las relaciones intergrupales en nuestro país.
Reliability and validity evidence of the Out-group Threat Perception Scale (OTPS).This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of a new scale: the Out-group Threat Perception Scale (OTPS). The OTPS was designed to measure the perception of out-group threat, an important psychosocial variable that is closely related to negative attitudes towards out-groups. Three hundred and two Spanish participants responded to the OTPS in reference to the following out-groups: Moroccans (N= 102), Romanians (N= 101) and Ecuadorian immigrants (N= 99). The reliability and item analyses showed that the scale had good internal consistency. Factor analyses yielded two independent dimensions: Realistic Threat and Symbolic Threat. Correlational analyses showed that the OTPS correlated significantly with several psychosocial variables. The present findings suggest that the OTPS is a reliable and valid measure, and it can be a useful instrument to study intergroup relationships in our country.
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