{
  "creator": [
    "Lietz, Almuth"
  ],
  "date": [
    "2023-07-06"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Tolerance for Ambiguity (TA)—the ability to deal with ambiguous stimuli or situations—represents a central construct for the acceptance of diversity. Although TA can be an important indicator for the functioning of a pluralistic society, it is rarely included in population surveys in Germany, and there are few validated measurement instruments for the German-language area that are suitable for general population surveys. Therefore, this paper proposes a measurement instrument in the German language to address these concerns. This development is based on the English-language Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale (TAS), which is surveyed with 12 items covering four sub-dimensions: valuing diverse others, change, challenging perspectives, and unfamiliarity. These items were translated into German using the TRAPD approach and empirically tested in a three-wave online panel study in Germany (n = 1,370 in each wave). To evaluate the psychometric quality of the translated TAS, validity (factorial and construct validity) and reliability (McDonalds’s omega coefficient and test-retest stability) are considered. This article makes at least two contributions. First, it proposes a German-language version of TAS, and second, it tests the scale using a confirmatory approach to factor analysis rather than the exploratory approaches used in previous studies. In summary, the German TAS is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring TA in population surveys in Germany."
  ],
  "format": [
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    "text/html",
    "text/xml"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/11211",
    "10.5964/miss.11211"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/11211/11211.pdf",
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/11211/11211.html",
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/11211/11211.xml"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "Copyright (c) 2023 Almuth Lietz",
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences; Vol. 5 (2023); 1-28",
    "2523-8930",
    "10.5964/miss.v5"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "tolerance for ambiguity",
    "Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale (TAS)",
    "TRAPD approach",
    "online panel study"
  ],
  "title": [
    "Measuring Tolerance for Ambiguity: A German-Language Adaption and Validation of the Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale (TAS)"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"
  ]
}