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SOCIAL DISTANCE SCALE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

A scale originated by E.S. Bogardus for measuring the degree to which representatives of different ethnic groups are accepted by other individuals and groups; the degree of acceptance is judged in terms of the distance one would want to keep between himself (as a representative of one group) and a representative of another group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

La distance physique souligne la distance sociale qui se définie comme la distance que deux individus maintiennent en fonction de leur degré d'intimité et de la position hiérarchique de chacun.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

L'échelle de distance sociale de Bogardus représente un effort de classification rationnelle des attitudes à propos d'une catégorie particulière d'individus. Elle ne comporte pas cependant de procédé de quantification à proprement parler. Bogardus l'a proposée en 1925. Elle a pour but de mesurer les attitudes racistes et nationalistes. Claude Javeau, L'Enquête par questionnaire, p. 66.

Spanish

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