Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory
Researchers across the social sciences are beginning to note that neoliberalism’s influence is no longer restricted to macroeconomic and social policies, but can now be detected in individuals’ behaviors, relationships, perceptions, and self-concept. However, psychologists lack a means of assessing...
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| author | Laina Y. Bay-Cheng Caroline C. Fitz Natalie M. Alizaga Alyssa N. Zucker |
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| description | Researchers across the social sciences are beginning to note that neoliberalism’s influence is no longer restricted to macroeconomic and social policies, but can now be detected in individuals’ behaviors, relationships, perceptions, and self-concept. However, psychologists lack a means of assessing neoliberal beliefs directly. We collected data from three samples of U.S. undergraduates to develop and test a measure of neoliberal ideology, the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory (NBI). Using first exploratory and then confirmatory factor analysis, we devised a 25-item measure that is both reliable and valid, at least within a particular demographic (i.e., U.S. traditionally-aged undergraduates). The NBI may help psychologists specify and analyze the role of neoliberal ideology in shaping human behavior and functioning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d64c3e0788544d50aa1bd44616d733692023-01-02T09:53:29ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyJournal of Social and Political Psychology2195-33252015-03-0131718810.5964/jspp.v3i1.366jspp.v3i1.366Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs InventoryLaina Y. Bay-Cheng0Caroline C. Fitz1Natalie M. Alizaga2Alyssa N. Zucker3School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USADepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USADepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USADepartment of Psychology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USAResearchers across the social sciences are beginning to note that neoliberalism’s influence is no longer restricted to macroeconomic and social policies, but can now be detected in individuals’ behaviors, relationships, perceptions, and self-concept. However, psychologists lack a means of assessing neoliberal beliefs directly. We collected data from three samples of U.S. undergraduates to develop and test a measure of neoliberal ideology, the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory (NBI). Using first exploratory and then confirmatory factor analysis, we devised a 25-item measure that is both reliable and valid, at least within a particular demographic (i.e., U.S. traditionally-aged undergraduates). The NBI may help psychologists specify and analyze the role of neoliberal ideology in shaping human behavior and functioning.http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/366neoliberal ideologyscale developmentindividual differences |
| spellingShingle | Laina Y. Bay-Cheng Caroline C. Fitz Natalie M. Alizaga Alyssa N. Zucker Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory Journal of Social and Political Psychology neoliberal ideology scale development individual differences |
| title | Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory |
| title_full | Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory |
| title_fullStr | Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory |
| title_short | Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory |
| title_sort | tracking homo oeconomicus development of the neoliberal beliefs inventory |
| topic | neoliberal ideology scale development individual differences |
| url | http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/366 |
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