Authoritarian Traits as Predictors of Preference for Candidates in 1980 United States Presidential Election

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ID13651192
AuthorsWilliam D Brant (University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author), Alfonso R Batres (University of Colorado System), Alfonso Batres (University of Colorado Boulder), Ron D Hays (0000-0001-6697-907X, University of California, Riverside), Ron Hays (University of California, Riverside)
Year1980
Volume47
Issue2
Pages416-418
Publication date1980-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1980.47.2.416
OpenAlexW1984806939
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

Responses of 42 males and 42 females to a questionnaire containing items from the dogmatism and F scales showed the right-wing candidate supporters were higher on authoritarianism than adherents of either moderate Republicans or President Carter; left-wing liberal candidate supporters were lowest. Data support the findings of previous research, attest to the reliability and validity of both the D scale and F scale, are consistent with the contention that the D scale is confounded by political ideology, and are inconsistent with Gergen's contention that findings in social psychology are a function of history

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Geography · Ideology · Left-wing politics · Political psychology · Political science · Politics · Preference · Presidential campaign · Presidential election · Presidential system · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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