Construct Validity of the Need to Belong Scale: Mapping the Nomological Network

By Mark R. Leary, Kristine M. Kelly, Catherine A Cottrell, Lisa S. Schreindorfer. Journal of Personality Assessment, 2013

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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The single-item need to belong scale. (2013, background): “Participants complete d the ten-item need to belong scale (a = .79; Leary et al., 2013 ) on a scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree ) along with over 100 items from other measures unrelated to the current research.”
When and why do individuals craft their jobs? The role of individual motivation and work characteristics for job crafting (2016, methodology): “The need to belong scale of Leary et al. (2006) was used to measure the need for human connections at Time 1, using response anchors of 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree.”
Music May Reduce Loneliness and Act as Social Surrogate for a Friend: Evidence from an Experimental Listening Study (2020, background): “The Need to Belong Scale (NBS) consists of 10 items measuring the degree of respondents’ desire to seek opportunities to belong to social groups, be accepted by other people, and negative reactions to rejection or ostracism (Leary et al., 2013).”
Connecting With Celebrities: How Consumers Appropriate Celebrity Meanings for a Sense of Belonging (2017, methodology): “As in Studies 1A and 1B, we used the Leary et al. (2013) 10-item Need to Belong Scale (a D .”
Being part of diversity: The effects of an all-inclusive multicultural diversity approach on majority members’ perceived inclusion and support for organizational diversity efforts (2015, methodology): “NTB was measured with six items of the original 10-item scale of Leary et al. (2013).”
Inhibited from Bowling Alone (2015, background): “…distance (a¼ .46; Hofstede 2001; Zhang, Winterich, and Mittal 2010), 6 items measuring social anxiety (a¼ .85; Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss 1975), 3 items measuring desire for status (a¼ .88; Dahling, Whitaker, and Levy 2009), and 10 items measuring need to belong (a¼ .77; Leary et al. 2013).”
Conformity Consumption Behavior and FoMO (2019, background): “Some studies point out that individuals are often influenced by others’ choices and tend to follow the common beliefs and lifestyle of mainstream groups [8,12].”