Identity Salience Questionnaire (ISQ)

 

Assessment name: Identity Salience Questionnaire (ISQ)

Scale overview: The Identity Salience Questionnaire (ISQ) is a 6-item self-report measure of two dimensions of an identity: The persistence of the identity in thought and the awareness of the identity in a context.

Read more about the concept, Identity Salience.

Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree.

Scale items

The first three items measure “Chronic Salience” and the second group of three items measure “Contextual Salience.” The letter “X” should be replaced by the researcher based on the specific social identity they are studying. The six items should be presented in random order.

Chronic salience items refer to how often someone thinks about their identity. Contextual Salience items refer to when a person thinks about their identity such as when a person says something in conversation.

 

Reliability and Validity

In the article below, the authors present evidence of stability, reliability, and validity in four studies. The studies focused on identity salience in LGBTQIA+ samples but the scale items are not limited to a specific type of self-identity.

 

Availability: The full scale along with instructions and labels for the ratings can be found in Appendix A of the manuscript, which is page 40 of the pdf file. One source of the document is https://psyarxiv.com/3hmxr/

 

 

Reference for the scale

Hinton, J. D. X., Koc, Y., de la Piedad Garcia, X., Kaufmann, L. M., & Anderson, J. (2022, December 4). Chronic and Contextual Identity Salience: Assessing Dual-Dimensional Salience with the Identity Salience Questionnaire (ISQ). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3hmxr

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Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test-Short Form (GRAT-S)

 

Scale name: Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test-Short Form (GRAT-S)

Scale overview: The short form of the Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test (GRAT-S) is a self-report measure, which consists of 16 items assessing trait gratitude.

The original GRAT scale by Watkins et al. (2003) consisted of 44 items rated on a five-point scale of agreement. The 16-item short form (GRAT-S) was used by Watkins et al. (2017) in a study about joy and gratitude.

Response Type: The 16 items are rated on a 9-point scale of agreement from 1 = I strongly disagree to 9 = I strongly agree with the statement.

Sample Scale items

1. I couldn't have gotten where I am today without the help of many people.

6. I really don't think that I've gotten all the good things that I deserve in life. (Reverse score)

 

Reliability: Watkins et al. (2017) reported GRAT-S Cronbach’s alpha = .84.

Validity: The GRAT-S was positively correlated with the State Joy Scale and the Dispositional Joy Scale (Watkins et al., 2017).

 

Availability:

The short form was available this date from the Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/Gratitude_Resentment_and_Appreciation_Scale.pdf

Trait Gratitude and Wholistic Assessment

As a personality trait, gratitude may be viewed as a facet of observable behavior patterns (O) in the SCOPES model. As measured on the GRAT-S, the trait appears to have attendant dimensions of cognition (C ) and emotion (E). See measures related to SCOPES in Creating Surveys (Sutton, 2021).

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Sutton, G. W. (2022, November 29). Gratitude resentment and appreciation test short form GRAT-S). Assessment, Statistics, and Research. Retrieved from  https://statistics.suttong.com/2022/11/gratitude-resentment-and-appreciation.html

 

References

Sutton, G. W. (2021). Creating surveys: Second Edition: How to create and administer surveys, evaluate workshops & seminars, interpret and present results. Springfield, MO: Sunflower.   AMAZON   Paperback ISBN-13:  9798712780327     website

Watkins, P.C., Emmons, R. A., Greaves, M. R. & Bell, J. (2018) Joy is a distinct positive emotion: Assessment of joy and relationship to gratitude and well-being, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13:5, 522-539, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2017.1414298

Watkins, P. C., Woodward, K., Stone, T., & Kolts, R. (2003). Gratitude and happiness: Development of a measure of gratitude, and relationships with subjective well-being. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 31, 431-452. DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.5.431

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State Joy Scale

 

Scale name: State Joy Scale

Scale overview: The State Joy Scale (SJS) is an 11-item self-report rating scale of joy with strong psychometric properties.

 

Response Type: There are two types of ratings.

1. Items 1-2 are rated on a 7-point frequency basis from 1 = Not at all to 7 = Frequently. See the article for the text for each of the numerical options.

2. Items 3- 11 are rated on a 7-point scale of agreement from 1 = Completely disagree to 7 = Strongly agree.

Sample Scale items

1. In the past week, how often have you felt joyful?

7. Something happened this week that made me feel like celebrating.

 

Reliability: In study 1 of Watkins et al. (2017), Cronbach's alpha = .945.

Validity: Factor analysis yielded a one-factor solution, which explained 65.17% of the variance.

The State Joy Scale was significantly positively correlated with several measures including the following (correlations follow the scale names).

Gratitude Questionnaire-6, .424

GRAT-S,  .437

PANAS Joy, .767

Satisfaction with Life scale, .561

Flourishing scale, .599

 

Availability:

The full set of 11 items are on page 17 of the Watkins et al. (2017) article.

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Sutton, G. W. (2022, November 28). State joy scale. Assessment, Statistics, and Research. Retrieved from https://statistics.suttong.com/2022/11/state-joy-scale.html

Reference for the scale

Sutton, G. W. (2021). Creating surveys: Second Edition| How to create and administer surveys, evaluate workshops & seminars, interpret and present results. Springfield, MO: Sunflower.   AMAZON   Paperback ISBN-13:  9798712780327     Book website

Watkins, P.C., Emmons, R. A., Greaves, M. R. & Bell, J. (2018) Joy is a distinct positive emotion: Assessment of joy and relationship to gratitude and well-being, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13:5, 522-539, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2017.1414298

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Related Measures

Dispositional Joy Scale

PANAS

 

 

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Dispositional Joy Scale (DJS)

 

Scale name: Dispositional Joy Scale (DJS)

Scale overview: The Dispositional Joy Scale (DJS) is a 16-item self-report measure of joy as a trait or disposition with strong psychometric support.

 

Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree. The numbers 2 through 6 are not labeled.

Scale items- example

I often feel bursts of joy.

I often feel blessed.

 

 Reliability: Internal consistency was alpha = .954 (Study 1) and .96 and .97 (Study 2; Watkins et al., 2017).

Validity: Factor analysis resulted in a one factor solution accounting for nearly 60% of the variance (Watkins et al., 2017).

The Dispositional Joy Scale was significantly correlated with other positive psychology measures. Some examples follow with correlation coefficients next to the associated scale (Study 2, Watkins et al., 2017).

State Joy Scale .68

State Gratitude .58

Trait Gratitude GRAT-S .68

Trait Gratitude GQ-6 .53

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale .64

General Humility Scale .24

 In study 2, the DJS was positively correlated with the PANAS -X Joy scale, r = .749. The PANAS-X is an expansion of the PANAS.

 

Availability:

The full set of 16 items can be found on page 18 of the article by Watkins et al. (2017).

 

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Sutton, G. W. (2022, November 27). The dispositional joy scale. Assessment, Statistics, and Research. Retrieved from https://statistics.suttong.com/2022/11/dispositional-joy-scale-djs.html

References

Sutton, G. W. (2021). Creating surveys: Second Edition| How to create and administer surveys, evaluate workshops & seminars, interpret and present results. Springfield, MO: Sunflower.   AMAZON   Paperback ISBN-13:  9798712780327     website

 Watkins, P.C., Emmons, R. A., Greaves, M. R. & Bell, J. (2018) Joy is a distinct positive emotion: Assessment of joy and relationship to gratitude and well-being, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13:5, 522-539, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2017.1414298

 

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A Related Post

Thanksgiving and Joy to the World

The relationship of joy to a wholistic assessment.

The Dispositional Joy Scale addresses emotions, beliefs about oneself (Cognition), and a durable pattern of responses, which is a trait or disposition. These correspond to the dimensions of Cognition, Emotion, and Observable behavior patterns / personality in the SCOPES model (Sutton, 2021).

 

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GRATITUDE - Measuring Gratitude

In this post, I refer to a set of items to assess gratitude. The Gratitude Questionnaire uses six items and was published by McCullough, Emmons, and Tsang in 2002.

I have written elsewhere about gratitude. People high in the virtue of gratitude are often high in other virtues as well such as optimism and life satisfaction. They also tend to be more religious. In a previous post, The Psychology of Gratitude, I list some suggestions to increase gratitude.


Reliability
In previous research, the authors found support for one factor. Coefficient alpha, a measure of interitem consistency, ranged from .76 to .84 in samples reported by the authors  (McCullough, Emmons, & Tsang, 2002; McCullough, Tsang, & Emmons, 2002).


Rating the Scale Items

When using the scale in surveys the items are rated on a 7-point scale from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (7). High scores indicate a higher level of self-reported gratitude.

Here's the 7-point rating: 1 = strongly disagree 2 = disagree 3 = slightly disagree 4 = neutral 5 = slightly agree 6 = agree 7 = strongly agree

Here are the six-items from the scale:

____1. I have so much in life to be thankful for.

____2. If I had to list everything that I felt grateful for, it would be a very long list.

____3. When I look at the world, I don’t see much to be grateful for.*

____4. I am grateful to a wide variety of people.

____5. As I get older I find myself more able to appreciate the people, events, and situations that have been part of my life history.

____6. Long amounts of time can go by before I feel grateful to something or someone.*

*The items marked with an asterisk are reverse scored so a score of 7 counts as 1 and a score of 6 become 2 and so on.

The total score should be between 6 and 42.

A score of 38 was at the 50th percentile in a sample of 1,224. See the link for more information.

And, here is a link to research studies using the scale (Gratitude Questionnaire). You will find information on scoring and interpreting the scores.

The scale has been used in research studies along with other scales.

It may also be relevant in some counseling situations.

Availability and Use

At the time of this post, a free download was available from Penn Arts & Sciences

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Gratitude References

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Sutton, G. W. (2022, November 3). Gratitude: Measuring gratitude. Assessment, Statistics, and Research. Retrieved from https://statistics.suttong.com/2017/11/measuring-gratitude.html 

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McCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 112-127.

McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J., & Emmons, R. A. (2004). Gratitude in intermediate affective terrain: Links of grateful moods to individual differences and daily emotional experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 295-309.

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Post updated 4 Nov 2022