Ethnonational Attitudes Scale Test

Understand attitudes about nationality and ethnicity in just 3 minutes. This 14 item scale quickly maps key orientations to guide research, prevention work, and integration efforts.

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October 2, 2025

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How the Scales are Structured

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4/5

Negativistic Ethnonational Attitudes (NEA)

Measures the degree to which a person rejects or denies the importance of nationality and ethnic identity.

Low rejection

Moderate rejection

High rejection

1 – 2.3: Low rejection | 2.4 – 3.6: Moderate rejection | 3.7 – 5: High rejection

A score of 4 indicates a high tendency to view nationality and ethnic identity as unimportant or to react negatively to their significance.

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3/5

Neutral Ethnonational Attitudes (NEA)

This scale measures how indifferent or unconcerned a person is about national and ethnic identity issues.

Concerned

Somewhat neutral

Indifferent

1 – 2.4: Concerned | 2.5 – 3.4: Somewhat neutral | 3.5 – 5: Indifferent

A score of 3 falls in the “Somewhat neutral” range, suggesting a generally indifferent stance toward ethnonational issues with occasional relevance depending on context.

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2/5

Patriotic Attitudes (PA)

Measures pride in one’s national identity and a positive sense of connection with people of the same nationality.

Low

Moderate

High

1 – 2.3: Low | 2.4 – 3.6: Moderate | 3.7 – 5: High

A score of 2 indicates a low level of patriotic attitudes, suggesting limited pride in national identity and a weaker felt connection with people of the same nationality.

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2/5

Nationalistic Attitudes (NA)

Measures the degree of hostile, biased attitudes toward people of other nationalities.

Low

Moderate

High

1 – 2.3: Low | 2.4 – 3.6: Moderate | 3.7 – 5: High

A score of 2 indicates low nationalistic attitudes, suggesting relatively little hostility or bias toward other nationalities in the responses.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Social science researchers

41%OF USERS

Researchers and students use it to quickly map group attitudes toward nationality and ethnicity for surveys, fieldwork, or theses.

Community integration practitioners

34%OF USERS

NGO staff, mediators, and integration program teams use it to spot tensions and tailor interventions in diverse communities.

Public sector analysts

25%OF USERS

Policy and municipal specialists use it to monitor intergroup sentiment and evaluate the impact of cohesion or prevention efforts.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Negativistic ethno-national (Ne)

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Normal range

1.4 — 2.7

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Neutral ethnonational (Ne)

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3.3

Normal range

2.6 — 4

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Patriotic (P)

Average

3.6

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2.9 — 4.4

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Nationalistic (N)

Average

2.8

Normal range

2.2 — 3.3

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Rather disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Rather agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Ethnonational Attitudes Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

ethnopsychology

intergroup relations

patriotism

This brief self-report measure is used to assess attitudes related to ethnicity and nationality. The Ethnonational Attitudes Scale provides a structured way to characterize respondents’ viewpoints in this domain (Berry).

The instrument consists of 14 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate statements reflecting different evaluative stances toward one’s own and other groups, supporting use in research and applied settings where a concise index of ethnonational attitudes is needed.

Scores from the Ethnonational Attitudes Scale are intended to inform description of prevailing attitudinal patterns within individuals or groups and may be considered alongside other clinical, behavioral, or contextual data when interpreting intergroup perceptions.

Author: John W. Berry

Literature: Stephan, W. G., & Stephan, C. W. An integrated threat theory of prejudice. In S. Oskamp (Ed.), Reducing prejudice and discrimination. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2000.