Interpretive Difficulties in Using Difference Score Measures: A Commentary on Gligorić et al.’s (2025) Country-Level Findings and a Reanalysis of the Data
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Published online on May 11, 2026
Abstract
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Gligorić et al. reported based on country-level data that poorer and more exploited countries showed more outgroup favoritism on competence ratings and more ingroup favoritism on warmth. However, their analyses used a difference score measure of outgroup ...
Gligorić et al. reported based on country-level data that poorer and more exploited countries showed more outgroup favoritism on competence ratings and more ingroup favoritism on warmth. However, their analyses used a difference score measure of outgroup ...