Construct validity of the Attitudes About Reality Scale

To explore the construct validity of the Attitudes About Reality Scale, a m easure of personal epistemology grounded on a social constructionist to log ical positivist continuum. 118 employees of a mental health center complete d the Attitudes About Reality Scale, three subscales of the Interpersonal R eactivity Inventory as a measure of empathy, the Social Interest Inventory as a measure of the Adlerian social interest concept, the Multistimulus Typ es Ambiguity Tolerance-I as a measure of tolerance for ambiguity, the Right Wing Authoritarianism Scale. and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Sc ale. Significant correlations were found between scores on the Attitudes Ab out Reality Scale and both The Right Wing Authoritarianism Scare and Multip le Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance-I as hypothesized. Those individuals holding master's and doctoral degrees scored significantly lower on the Att itudes About Reality Scale in the social constructionist direction than tho se with technical or trade school education, but no other differences on de mographic measures were noted.