Abstract

SANCHEZ CAMPOS, Pablo Andrés. Construction of a scale of political ideology in Costa Rican context from a work done in Córdoba, Argentina. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.2, pp.2747-2754. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aipprr.2017.06.005.

The political ideology reflects a series of beliefs and behaviors that can be measured, being necessary the creation of a psychometric instrument. In this way, we used the scale constructed by Brussino, Rabbia, Imhoff, & Paz García (2011), who developed a similar work in Cordoba, Argentina. The procedure included expert’s criteria, cognitive interviews and a sample of 117 advisers from the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, in addition to the support of two deputies. The data show the instrument can measure three types of ideology (conservative, socialist and progressive) with an acceptable reliability (a = .747).

Keywords : Ideology; Scale; Legislature; Conservative; Socialist; Progressive.