An analysis of five measures of global human identification

摘要

In two studies, we examined the interrelationships and relative utility of several recent measures of global human identification. In Study 1, McFarland, Webb, and Brown's () Identification With All Humanity (IWAH) and Malsch and Omoto's () Psychological Sense of Global Community (PSGC) scales overlapped substantially, but each contributed in regression analyses to predicting humanitarian concerns. Each measure consists of multiple factors, and most factors contributed to predicting these concerns. For Study 2, a measure of World Citizenship was added, derived from similar measures by Reese, Proch, and Cohrs () and Reysen and Katzarska-Miller (). Study 2 largely replicated the Study 1 results while extending them to an added humanitarian concern for global poverty. Overall, the Global Self-Investment subscale of the IWAH most consistently predicted humanitarian concerns. The measure of World Citizenship correlated with all humanitarian concerns but did not contribute in predicting them beyond the IWAH and PSGC.