Exploring the Latent Structure of Strength‐related Attitude Attributes

摘要: Some attitudes are durable and impactful, whereas others weak inconsequential. Over the last few decades, researchers have identified roughly a dozen attributes of that differentiate strong from weak. However, considerable controversy remains regarding relations among these attributes. scholars suggested various strength‐related reflect small number latent constructs, each is distinct construct in its own right. We review this ongoing controversy, we then diverse set recent studies provide new evidence support latter perspective. consider implications our findings for conceptualization attitude strength methods by which it studied. Attitudes determine individual what he [or she] will see hear, think do …. They draw lines about, segregate, an otherwise chaotic environment; they finding way about ambiguous universe. —Gordon W. Allport, 1935, p. 806