Psychology: Research and Review
Table 2 Descriptive information of the NSS and resulting factor loadings from the ESEM
From: Naive skepticism scale: development and validation tests applied to the chilean population
Naive Skepticism (NSS) | Mean (SD) | S | K | Factora loadings | α if the item is discarded | ω if the item is discarded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | ||||||
Skepticism towards governmental organizations and official press (SGO) | |||||||
Los medios de prensa oficiales entregan información falsa (The official media provide false information) | 3.24 (0.75) | 0.67 | 2.67 | .681** | .003 | .827 | .829 |
Desconfío de la información que entregan las autoridades gubernamentales (I distrust the information provided by government authorities) | 3.29 (0.93) | -0.19 | -0.60 | .711** | .001 | .821 | .824 |
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) oculta sus verdaderos intereses (The World Health Organization (WHO) hides its true interests) | 2.89 (1.10) | 1.71 | -1.29 | .637** | .272 | .812 | .815 |
La prensa mundial manipula la información (The world press manipulates information) | 3.65 (0.96) | -2.79 | -0.92 | .791** | -.050 | .808 | .810 |
Las redes sociales tildan de locos a quienes dicen verdades incómodas (Social networks call those who tell uncomfortable truths crazy) | 3.54 (0.96) | -1.55 | -1.22 | .538** | .079 | .833 | .835 |
Los ricos manipulan la información de la prensa (The rich manipulate press) | 3.82 (1.02) | -2.57 | -2.84 | .758** | -.073 | .820 | .823 |
Los organismos internacionales solo entregan la información que les beneficia (International organizations only deliver information that benefits them) | 3.38 (1.02) | -0.35 | -1.80 | .699** | .170 | .808 | .814 |
Skepticism towards science (SS) | |||||||
Los artículos científicos mienten (Scientific articles lie) | 2.06 (0.85) | 3.83 | -0.66 | .171 | .724** | .816 | .819 |
Creo en las personas que desconfían de la ciencia (I believe in people who distrust science) | 2.13 (1.01) | 3.45 | -2.02 | .068 | .525** | .845 | .848 |
La ciencia aporta poco a la sociedad (Science contributes little to society) | 1.68 (1.08) | 11.16 | 6.17 | -.015 | .779** | .823 | .830 |
Desconfío de las investigaciones científicas (I distrust scientific research) | 1.90 (0.94) | 6.39 | 1.00 | -.009 | .840** | .811 | .816 |
Los científicos solo buscan obtener dinero (Scientists are only out to make money) | 2.40 (1.02) | 2.26 | -1.52 | -.012 | .717** | .824 | .830 |
Los hallazgos científicos son manipulados (Scientific findings are manipulated) | 2.53 (0.96) | 2.53 | -0.04 | .256 | .624** | .821 | .827 |
Los estudios que prueban los medicamentos son inútiles (Studies that test medications are useless) | 1.92 (0.98) | 6.19 | 0.31 | .158 | .642** | .825 | .831 |
Correlation | Coefficient α | Coefficient ω | |||||
Skepticism towards governmental organizations and official press (SGO) | 3.40 (0.69) | -.99 | -.079 | – | .841 | .843 | |
Skepticism of science (SC) | 2.09 (0.70) | 4.60 | .078 | .370** | – | .845 | .850 |