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Belongingness Scale

 

Rejection 2023/
Geoffrey Sutton and Bing AI

Assessment name:  Belongingness

Scale overview: Belongingness is a five-item self-report measure of the degree to which a person feels they belong with others.

Note. The five items were used as a measure of belongingness in a study about religious identity.

Authors: Cameron D. Mackey, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, and Kimberly Rios

Response Type: The items are rated on a 7-point scale from 1 = not at all to 7 = extremely.

Scale items

I feel as one with other people.

I feel that I belong.

I do not feel accepted by others (R).

In daily life, I feel connected with others.

I feel like an outsider (R).

R = reverse scored

Psychometric properties

The authors reported a sample size of 1,626.

For the 7-point rating, M = 4.67 and SD = 1.15

Alpha = .77.

 

Availability: The items are listed on page 5 of the article.

Reference for the scale

Mackey, C. D., Van Tongeren, D. R., & Rios, K. (2023, May 11). The Social Pain of Religious Deidentification: Religious Dones Conceal Their Identity and Feel Less Belonging in Religious Cultures. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000502

 

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