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The Negative Partisanship Scale (NPS) was created to measure how negatively people feel about political parties. It was designed for countries with many parties, like Germany and Italy. The scale has five questions based on expert interviews and research. It was tested for its structure, reliability, and validity. The authors also created shorter versions of the scale to make it easier to use in different countries.
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Items are rated using a 7-point scale. Due to not having theory-based reasons to expect that NPI is made of several subdimensions, the authors treat NPI as a compensatory measure for which a mean index is used over all items.
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Adapted from: Mayer, Sabrina J., & Russo, Luana. (2024). What one is not: A new scale to measure Negative Party Identity in multiparty systems. Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Vol 58(3), 2887-2906. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-023-01793-7.
Negative Partisanship Scale NPS
| 1. Because of their worldviews, I could never vote for this party (rejection of worldviews). |
| 2. It is important to me that I am not one of those that vote for this party (sense of self). |
| 4. I am glad when this party loses an election (emotional significance). |
| 5. I have nothing in common with people voting for this party (rejection of other adherents). |
| 6. I would never vote for this party based on their political performance in the past (longstanding trend). |
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Mohammed looti (2026). Negative Partisanship Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/negative-partisanship-scale/
Mohammed looti. "Negative Partisanship Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/negative-partisanship-scale/.
Mohammed looti. "Negative Partisanship Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/negative-partisanship-scale/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Negative Partisanship Scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/negative-partisanship-scale/.
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