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Robinson, John P. ,  Phillip R. Shaver, and Lawrence S. Wrightsman.  Measures of Political Attitudes.  New York: Academic Pr., 1998.
      Reference JA 74.5 .R6 1998


Affective support scales (1992)
    Kornberg A; Clarke HD
    Pages 527-529

American National Elections Studies Trust in government scale (ANES) 1974
    Miller AH; American National Elections Studies
    Pages 481-483

Attitude toward war scale (1942)
    Stagner R
    Pages 585-587

Attitudes toward democracy (1996)
    Whitefield S; Evans G
    Pages 252-254

Attitudes toward Blacks (ATB) 1993
    Brigham JC
    Pages 330-332

Attitudes toward Whites (ATW) 1993
    Brigham JC
    Pages 333-335

British prejudice scale (1997)
    Lepore L; Brown R
    Pages 370-373

Candidate like dislike responses (1980, 1989)
    Kessel JH; Smith ERAN
    Pages 625-628

Capitalist values scale (1984, 1983)
    McClosky H; Zaller J; Chong D
    Pages 176-179

Citizen duty scale (1954)
    Campbell A; Gurin G; Miller WE
    Pages 25-27

Classical conservatism scale (Conservatism scale, Conservatism liberalism scale) 1958, 1979
    McClosky H; Bann CA
    Pages 118-123

Confidence in governmental and other institutions scale (1981)
    Smith TW; General Social Survey/National Opinion Research Center; Harris
    Pages 499-501

Conservatism of American public opinion (Scale to measure conservatism of American public opinion)
1983
    Ray JJ
    Pages 115-118

Content controlled measure of political tolerance (1982)
    Sullivan JL; Pierson JE; Marcus GE
    Pages 266-271

Cooperative and militant internationalism scale (1990)
    Wittkopf ER
    Pages 572-578

Cosmopolitanism scale (1965)
    Jennings MK
    Pages 21-23

Cultural cosmopolitan scale (1997)
    Robinson JP; Zill N
    Pages 16-19

Democratic legitimacy (1986)
    McDonough P; Barnes SH; Lopez Pina A
    Pages 518-520

Democratic principles and applications (1964)
    McClosky H
    Pages 232-235

Democratic values scale (1984)
    McClosky H; Zaller J
    Pages 238-243

Dennis independence scales (1988)
    Dennis J
    Pages 719-721

Differential national image scale (1997)
    Kurbanov E; Robinson J
    Pages 570-572

Diffuse support for the Supreme Court (1992)
    Cladeira GA; Gibson JL
    Pages  29-31

Dimensions of political tolerance (1982)
    Gibson JL; Bingham RD
    Pages 271-276

Discontent scale (1969)
    Olsen ME
    Pages 442-445

Distribution of power scale (Beliefs about the distribution of power) 1969
    Form WH; Rytina J
    Pages 31-33

Efficacy powerlessness scale (1973)
    Watts MW
    Pages 445-447

Egalitarianism and inegalitarianism scales (1986)
    Kluegel JR; Smith ER
    Pages 169-171

Egalitarianism scale (NES, American National Elections Studies) (1988)
    Feldman S
    Pages 167-169

Estrangement from local polity scale (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Estrangement from municipal government scale (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Estrangement from national polity scale I (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Estrangement from national polity scale II (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Estrangement from national polity scale III (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Estrangement from state polity scale (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Explanations for poverty scales (1975, 1986)
    Feagin JR; Kluegel JR; Smith ER
    Pages 179-181

Expressive racism scale (1981)
    Kinder DR; Sears DO
    Pages 344-351

Functional commitment scale (1969)
    DeLamater J; Katz D; Kelma HC
    Pages 563-567

Fundamental principles of democracy (1960)
    Prothro JW; Grigg CM
    Pages 229-232

General Social Survey tolerance items (1972)
    Pages 285-291

Government power scale (1990)
    Bennett LLM; Bennett SE
    Pages 529-530

Government role and inequality (General Social Survey items on Government role and inequality) 1973
    General Social Survey
    Pages 184-200

Governmental attentiveness scale (1984)
    Bennett SE
    Pages 496-498

Humanitarianism scale (American National Elections Studies, NES) (1995)
    Steenbergen M
    Pages 181-183

Ideological agreement with Goldwater scale (1966)
    Selznick G; Steinberg S
    Pages 124-125

Incumbent based trust scale (1990)
    Craig SC; Niemi RG; Silver GE
    Pages 494-496

Index of pro democracy orientation (Index of democratic values) 1994, 1995
    Reisinger W; Miller A; Hesli V; Mahler K
    Pages 249-252

Individual racial attitude (General Social Survey) 1990, 1994
    National Opinion Research Center; Davis JA; Smith TW
    Pages 395-398

Individual racial attitudes (American National Elections Studies) 1995
    Center for Political Studies; Rosenstone SJ; Kinder DR; Miller WE
    Pages 391-395

Individualism scales (NES, American National Elections Studies) 1990
    Markus G
    Pages 174-176

Information about foreign counties (1967)
    Robinson JP
    Pages 634-636

Information holding (1987)
    Luskin RC
    Pages 628-632

Issue awareness index (1976)
    Patterson TE; McClure RD
    Pages 632-634

Judicial legitimacy scale (1990)
    Tyler T
    Pages 516-518

Local cosmopolitan scale (1963)
    Dye TR
    Pages 19-21

Local government alienation scale (1983)
    Zimmer TA
    Pages 436-438

Militant and cooperative internationalism scale (1990)
    Holsti OR; Rosenau JN
    Pages 579-581

Militarism scale (1987)
    Peffley M; Hurwitz J
    Pages 582-584

Modern racism scale (MRS) 1981
    McConahay JB; Hardee BB; Batts V
    Pages 344-351

Moral conservatism index (1988)
    Woodrum E
    Pages 141-143

Moral conservatism scale (1988)
    Wald KD; Owen DE; Hill SS
    Pages 140-141

Moral traditionalism scale (1985)
    Conover PJ; Feldman S
    Pages 138-139

Multi dimensional scale of democratic values (1992)
    Gibson JL; Duch R; Tedin K
    Pages 244-249

Multifactor racial attitudes inventory (MRAI) 1967
    Woodmansee JJ; Cook SW
    Pages 312-322

Multifactor racial attitudes inventory short scale (MRAI SS) 1977
    Ard N; Cook SW
    Pages 322-326

National image scale (1993)
    Hurwitz J; Peffley M; Seligson MA
    Pages 568-570

National involvement scales (1969)
    DeLamater J; Katz D; Kelma HC
    Pages 563-567

New ecological consciousness (1997)
    Ellis RJ; Thompson F
    Pages 33-34

New left ideology scale (New left scale) (1976)
    Gold AR; Christie R; Friedman LN
    Pages 126-133

New racism scale (NRS) 1985
    Jacobson C
    Pages 351-354

News recall (1986, 1993)
    Robinson JP; Levy MR; Price V; Zaller J
    Pages 619-622

Normative commitment scale (1969)
    DeLamater J; Katz D; Kelma HC
    Pages 563-567

Omnibus civil liberties scale (1983)
    McClosky H; Brill A
    Pages 276-283

Party closeness scale (1988)
    Barnes S; Jennings MK; Inglehart R; Farah B
    Pages 706-708

Party identification scale (American National Elections Survey, ANES) 1954, 1960
    Campbell A; Gurin G; Miller WE; Converse PE; Stokes DE
    Pages 698-701, 684-692

Party image scales (1966)
    Matthews DR; Prothro JW
    Pages 704-706

Party thermometer questions (1964)
    Pages 701-704

Patriotism nationalism questionnaire (1989)
    Kosterman R; Feshbach S
    Pages 548-553

Patriotism scale (American National Elections Survey patriotism scale, ANES patriotism scale) 1987
    American National Elections Survey
    Pages 546-548

Patriotism scale (1992)
    Sullivan JL; Fried A; Theiss Morse E; Dietz M
    Pages 553-562

Polarity scale (1964, 1997)
    Tomkins SS; Stone WF; Schaffner PE
    Page 90-98

Political alienation scale (1960)
    Thompson WE; Horton JE
    Pages 429-431

Political alienation scale (1962)
    McDill EL; Ridley JC
    Pages 431-432

Political alienation scale (1982)
    Malik YK
    Pages 433-434

Political alienation scale (General Social Survey) 1996
    Davis JA; Smith TW
    Pages 434-436

Political allegiance index (1975)
    Citrin J; McClosky H; Shanks JM; Sniderman PM
    Pages 511-512

Political awareness scale (1986, 1992)
    Zaller J
    Pages 614-619

Political criticism scale (1979)
    Baloyra EA
    Pages 523-525

Political cynicism (1981)
    Sniderman PM
    Pages 507-509

Political cynicism scale (1975)
    Citrin J; Elkins DJ
    Pages 503-505

Political cynicism scale (1961)
    Agger RE; Goldman MN; Pearl S
    Pages 501-503

Political cynicism scale (1979)
    Baloyra EA
    Pages 505-507

Political efficacy scale (ANES mnemonics, scale, American National Elections Studies) (1954)
    Campbell A; Gurin G; Miller WE
    Pages 424-427

Political efficacy scale (1995)
    Verba S; Schlozman K; Brady H
    Pages 427-429

Political estrangement scale (1975)
    Ross MH
    Pages 447-450

Political estrangement scales (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Political incapability scale (1969)
    Olsen ME
    Pages 442-445

Political information scale (1986)
    Iyengar S; Zaller J
    Pages 622-625

Political knowledge scale (1996)
    Delli Carpini MX; Keeter S
    Pages 610-614

Political normlessness scale (1970)
    Finifter AW
    Pages 450-454

Political normlessness scale (1978)
    Schoultz L
    Pages 454-456

Political powerlessness scale (1970)
    Finifter AW
    Pages 450-454

Political powerlessness scale (1975)
    Ross MH
    Pages 447-450

Political Srole scale (1973)
    Schwartz DC
    Pages 438-442

Political support alienation scale (1982)
    Muller EN; Jukam TO; Seligson MA
    Pages 456-459

Political support index (1991)
    Miller AH
    Pages 459-461;521-523

Political support scale (1977)
    Muller EN; Jukam TO
    Pages 514-516

Political support typology (1981)
    Sniderman PM
    Pages 512-514

Political tolerance scale (1994)
    Duckitt J; Farre B
    Pages 284-285

Political trust scale (1974)
    Mason WM; House JS; Martin SS
    Pages 484-486

Prejudice index (1993)
    Bobo L; Kluegel J
    Pages 377-380

Pro Black anti Black attitudes questionnaire (PAAQ) 1988
    Katz I; Hass RG
    Pages 354-358

Process commitment scale (1973)
    Watts MW
    Pages 445-447

Protestant ethic scale (1971)
    Mirels H; Garrett J
    Pages 171-173

Quick discrimination index (QDI) 1995
    Ponterotto JG; Burkard A; Rieger BP; et al
    Pages 363-366

R Factor attitude statements (Inventory of social attitudes, Public opinion inventory) (1951)
    Eysenck HJ
    Pages 98-101

Race and politics survey (Individual racial attitudes) 1993
    Sniderman PM; Piazza T
    Pages 399-400

Racial attitudes scale (RAS) 1991
    Sidanius J; Pratto F; Martin M; Stallworth LM
    Pages 327-330

Racial resentment scale (RRS) 1996
    Kinder DR; Sanders LM
    Pages 367-370

Racial stereotypes measure (1997)
    Peffley M; Hurwitz J; Sniderman P
    Pages 380-383

Radicalism conservatism scale (1965)
    Comrey AL; Newmeyer JA
    Pages 133-138

Regime based trust scale (1990)
    Craig SC; Niemi RG; Silver Ge
    Pages 509-510

Repression potential (1979)
    Marsh A; Kaase M
    Pages 264-266

Right wing authoritarianism (RWA) 1988, 1990, 1996
    Altemeyer B
    Pages 102-106

S Swedish conservatism scale (Conservatism scale) 1976, 1989, 1991
    Sidanius J; Nilsson I; Ekehammar B
    Pages 111-115

Social attitudes statement scale (and Referent scale) [SA II & REF IX] 1984
    Kerlinger FN
    Pages 83-89

Social distance questionnaire (Social distance scale variation 2) 1991
    Crandall CS
    Pages 341-343

Social distance scale (1928, 1933, 1959)
    Bogardus ES
    Pages 335-339

Social dominance orientation (SDO) 1993, 1994
    Sidanius J; Pratto F; Stallworth LM; Malle BF
    Pages 383-388

Social scenarios scale (1988)
    Byrnes D; Kiger G
    Pages 358-363

Social scale (Social distance scale variation 1) 1988
    Byrnes D; Kiger G
    Pages 340-341

Social responsibility scale (1965)
    Berkowitz L; Lutterman K
    Pages 23-25

Sociotropic and pocketbook items (Sociotropic evaluations) 1992
    MacKuen MB; Erikson RS; Stimson JA
    Pages 27-29

Specific local government alienation scale (1983)
    Zimmer TA
    Pages 436-438

Subtle and blatant prejudice scale British version, West Indian out group (1995)
    Pettigrew TF; Meertens RW
    Pages 373-377

Support for democratic institutions (1983)
    Schmitt H
    Pages 525-526

Support for democratic principles (1971)
    Kaase M
    Pages 235-238

Support for the political community (1981)
    Sniderman PM
    Pages 526-527

Support towards democracy (Democracy scales) 1989, 1993, 1996
    Weil FD
    Pages 254-259

Symbolic commitment scale (1969)
    DeLamater J; Katz D; Kelma HC
    Pages 563-567

System evaluation scale (1985)
    Mason WM; House JS; Martin SS
    Pages 484-486

Trust in government scale (1977)
    Muller EN; Jukam TO
    Pages 486-488

Trust in local government scale (1985)
    Baldassare M
    Pages 493-494

Trust in member of Congress scale (1989)
    Parker GR; Parker SL
    Pages 490-492

Trust in the incumbent Congress and the Presidency items (1981)
    Abramson PR; Finifter AW
    Pages 488-490

Universal orientation scale (UOS) 1997
    Phillips ST; Ziller RC
    Pages 388-391

Willingness to tolerate nonconformists (National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey version)
(1955)
    National Opinion Research Center
    Pages 259-264, 285-291

Willingness to tolerate nonconformists (Stouffer version - 1955)
    Stouffer SA
    Pages 259-264

Wilson Patterson attitude inventory conservatism scale (WPAI) 1989
    Wilson GD; Patterson JR
    Pages 106-111

Modified from the work of Helen Hough, http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/welcome.htm.