TY - RPRT
T1 - German Satisfaction with the Political System Short Scale (SPS)
T2 - Zusammenstellung sozialwissenschaftlicher Items und Skalen (ZIS)
AU - Dentler, K
AU - Bluemke, M
AU - Gabriel, O.W.
DO - https://zis.gesis.org/DoiId/zis278
UR - 10.6102/zis278
AB - The German Satisfaction with the
Political System Short Scale (SPS) (in German: Kurzskala zur Erfassung Politischer
Systemzufriedenheit) measures people’s satisfaction with the political
system with four items that capture a variety of indications for satisfaction
(in particular, justice and freedom for all, and equal treatment of different
population groups within a political system). The empirical validation for
Germany shows that the SPS allows reliable and valid measurement of people’s
satisfaction with the political system. The items used in the SPS scale have
been used previously (Fuchs, 1987, 1989; Roller, 1992; Neidhardt et al.,1994). However,
in those studies the items were mainly used as single indicators but not as a
joint scale or index of satisfaction. The dataset analysed here was obtained via
an interviewer-guided face-to-face interview. The SEM-based and recommended two-factor
model showed a much better model fit than a one-factor model, also in terms of
simple structure of factor
loadings. Both factors are useful and contribute
to the common core of the general factor. While the items of the first factor
focus on value-based aspects, like justice, fairness and freedom (hence termed justice
and freedom for all), the items of the second one deal with the influence,
or equal treatment, of different population groups (hence named equal
treatment of different population groups). The German instrument has been
validated for the West-German population regardless of age and social class,
but the authors invite researchers to adapt it to the English-speaking realm by
using the supplied translations.
PY - 2020
PB - ZIS - GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
LA - en
SN - http://zis.gesis.org/