Development and Evaluation of the Atheist Identity Concealment Scale (AICS)

The Atheist Identity Concealment Scale (AICS) was developed as a tool to assess the degree to which atheists conceal their atheist identity from others. Drawing on concealable stigmatized identity (CSI) theory, the aim of this study was to provide researchers with a valid means to effectively assess...

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Published inJournal of religion and health Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 3525 - 3541
Main Authors Yeatts, Paul E., Abbott, Dena M., Mollen, Debra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.08.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aging
Agnosticism
Atheism
Baby boomers
Clinical Psychology
Disclosure
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Microaggressions
Minority & ethnic groups
Murders & murder attempts
Original Paper
Public Health
Religion
Religious Studies
Self esteem
Stereotypes
Stigma
Scale development
Atheism
Stigmatized identities
Disclosure
Outness
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Summary:The Atheist Identity Concealment Scale (AICS) was developed as a tool to assess the degree to which atheists conceal their atheist identity from others. Drawing on concealable stigmatized identity (CSI) theory, the aim of this study was to provide researchers with a valid means to effectively assess atheist identity concealment. Using three separate samples of more than 500 adults in the USA, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted which ultimately resulted in a short, robust measure comprised of eight items. Additional validity evidence was provided by examining the relationship between the AICS and several previously validated tools (i.e., outness, nonreligiosity, depression, anxiety, stress, and self-esteem).
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ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-021-01465-6