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Trepte, Sabine, Loy, Laura, Schmitt, Josephine B. and Otto, Siegmar ORCID: 0000-0001-9645-2586 (2017). Hohenheim Inventory of Political Knowledge (HIP): Scale Construction. Diagnostica, 63 (3). S. 206 - 219. GOTTINGEN: HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS. ISSN 2190-622X

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Abstract

The political knowledge of citizens is regarded as an important basis of a democracy and has been studied extensively. However, no scale covers relevant theoretically derived dimensions of political knowledge and is accessible for academic research. Therefore, we developed the Hohenheim Inventory of Political Knowledge (HIP) based on the Rasch model. It covers the dimensions (a) general facts (political structures and historical facts) and (b) current issues (topics and actors of various political areas). A German-wide online survey (N = 1,082) revealed satisfactory weightedmean square (WMNSQ) infit values for the 85 items (0.82 <= x <= 1.24) and an expected-a-posteriori/plausible-values (EAP/PV) reliability of .92 for the one-dimensional model and of .91 for both dimensions. The scale was validated: Person scores correlated with political interest, political participation, political information use (criterion validity), and subjective knowledge of our participants (convergent construct validity). We discuss the challenge of adapting the dimension current issues to changing political circumstances and future steps of scale validation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Trepte, Sabine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Loy, Laura UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmitt, Josephine B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Otto, Siegmar UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-2586 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-246000
DOI:	10.1026/0012-1924/a000180
Journal or Publication Title:	Diagnostica
Volume:	63
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 206 - 219
Date:	2017
Publisher:	HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	GOTTINGEN
ISSN:	2190-622X
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ACTION-ORIENTATIONS; EARLY ADULTHOOD; INTERNET USE; ONLINE NEWS; MEDIA USE; PARTICIPATION; MODEL; COMMUNICATION; CAMPAIGNS; ELECTION Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24600