Development and psychometric analysis of the corruption tolerance scale

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to examine the psychometric properties of the developed corruption tolerance scale. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey of experts was conducted to investigate the content validity of the results obtained. The reliability, structure, invariance of the scale and its correlation with the scales of ambivalent attitudes towards men were studied on a sample of 404 respondents (study №1). The criterion and divergent validity of the results were studied on a separate sample of 100 economics and psychology students (study №2). The scale has shown acceptable psychometric properties and high discriminating ability. It was shown that to minimize measurement error it is better to use the full scale of tolerance to corruption, although subscales can also be utilized for research purposes. Further directions on validation of the proposed scale are discussed.