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The Activism Orientation Scale (AOS) is a published measure we developed that assesses an individual's propensity to engage in social action. We've tested the properties of the measure with activist and non-activist university students as well as community-based activists and a community sample heterogenous with regard to its activist participation. It is theoretically-grounded and demonstrates sound psychometric properties. The
AOS begins with presentation of the question stem, "How likely is it
that you will engage in this activity in the future?," followed by 35
items completing this stem; for example, "display a poster or bumper
sticker with a political message" and "engage in an illegal act as
part of a political protest." Respondents indicate their
likelihood for each behavior using a scale with points of 0 (extremely
unlikely), 1 (unlikely), 2 (likely), or 3 (extremely
likely). Factor analysis revealed two underlying factors,
Conventional Activism and High-Risk Activism, and the example questions above
respectively represent items from these subscales. The
formatted measure ready for use and an accompanying letter to users are available
here as pdf files. For more information on how we developed the AOS and
some of our suggestions for its use, access the source journal article
referenced below. You are also welcome to contact me for an electronic copy of the
measure or to make inquiries about the AOS.
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