Abstract
Study aims were (a) to test the Altemeyer Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWAS) for unidimensionality and (b) to compare RWAS with two related Constructs of Conformity and sociopolitical Conservatism. A sample of 339 university students completed all three measures on an 80-item survey form. A principal axis analysis of the 30 RWAS items alone isolated two factors with pro-trait items loading on the first and con-trait items loading on the second factor. Since the two factors correlate 0.40 an underlying higher order dimension is implied. Analysis of the three scales combined disclosed four factors interpretable as Right-Wing Authoritarianism. Freedom of Expression, Conservatism on Military Issues and Political Liberalism. The results indicate that RWAS measures two factors and a slender higher-order dimension.
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