Managing a privileged group identity – Adaption and validation of a German 4D-scale

In the present paper we introduce a German measure of managing a privileged group identity. We translated and adapted the 4D-Scale (Shuman et al., 2024) to the German context and validated it across three distinct samples. Results of Study 1 ( N = 346), Study 2 ( N = 342), and Study 3 ( N = 204) confirm the psychometric qualities of the German measure and replicate the 5-factor-structure including the management strategies Defend, Deny, Distance from Inequality, Distance from Identity and Dismantle. Moreover, Studies 1 and 2 provide evidence for the measure’s construct validity and measurement invariance, while Study 3 offers additional support of its predictive validity and test-retest reliability within two weeks. The content of the first item of the Distancing from Identity subscale is not valid and is therefore not recommended for studies in the German context.