Echelles attitudes politiques

Predicting self-construal from authoritarianism: a pilot study of perceived threat.

Shaffer BA, Hollen RD, Hastings BM

Psychol Rep . 2007;101 (3 Pt 1) :896-8

📅 01/12/2007 PMID : 18232446 DOI : 10.2466/pr0.101.3.896-898

Résumé

This pilot study investigated the association of perceived threat and scores on a measure of Authoritarianism. Undergraduate students (29 women, 8 men; ages 18-32, M=21, SD=3.1), completed the Right-wing Authoritarianism scale and then the Self-construal scale after reading a nonthreatening or threatening news article. In the threatening condition, Authoritarian scores accounted for a significant amount of variance (R2= .26) in Interdependent Self-construal scores, but not for Independent Self-construal scores. No significant associations were found in the non-threatening condition.