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Revised Scale for Ambiguity Tolerance

Reliability and Validity

Bibliographic Data

ID13670532
AuthorsA P Mac Donald (Rehabilitation Research & Training Center, West Virginia University, corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume26
Issue3
Pages791-798
Publication date1970-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1970.26.3.791
OpenAlexW2018842848
LanguageEN
Citations received90
References cited13

Increasing the 16-item Rydell-Rosen Ambiguity Tolerance Scale to 20 items raised the reliability from .64 to .86 (split-half, corrected by Spearman-Brown). The 20-item scale (AT-20) was cross-validated on a sample of 789 undergraduate students. Retest reliability was estimated at .63 ( p < .01) for a 6-mo. interval. As predicted, AT-20 related to (a) performance in a complex task, (b) the F Scale, (c) dogmatism, (d) rigidity, and (e) church attendance. The AT-20 was not affected by social desirability response bias as measured by the Marlowe-Crowne

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Unique citing works90
Citations per year1,67
Citation span1972 - 2026 (55)
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