Authoritarianism and Canadian Voting Preferences for Political Party, Prime Minister, and President

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13656751
AutoresStewart J H Mccann (Cape Breton University), Stewart Jh Mccann (0000-0003-4123-448X, Cape Breton University, autor correspondente), Leonard L Stewin (University of Alberta)
Ano1986
Volume59
Fascículo3
Páginas1268-1270
Data de publicação1986-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1986.59.3.1268
OpenAlexW2058447095
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas7

Research was initiated to determine whether authoritarianism was related to preferences for political party and leader in the 1984 Canadian federal election, whether more authoritarian Canadians would show a preference for Reagan over Mondale, and whether dogmatism would also discriminate between conservative and liberal selections. A questionnaire was completed by 106 introductory psychology students which contained an F scale, a dogmatism scale, and items to indicate preferences for political party, leader, and Reagan or Mondale. Neither authoritarianism nor dogmatism was related to preference for Canadian political party or leader. However, supporting Rokeach's (1960) contentions, Reagan supporters were significantly higher than Mondale supporters on the authoritarianism dimension but supporters of the two candidates were not significantly different on the dogmatism measure

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · National election · Political psychology · Political science · Politics · Preference · Prime minister · Scale (ratio · Voting · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology