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1. Clarifying the Structure and Nature of Left-Wing Authoritarianism.

Author

Costello, Thomas H., Bowes, Shauna M., Stevens, Sean T., Waldman, Irwin D., Tasimi, Arber, and Lilienfeld, Scott O.

Subjects
*AUTHORITARIANISM, *POLITICAL psychology, *POLITICAL violence, *SOCIAL dominance, *SOCIAL psychology
Abstract

Authoritarianism has been the subject of scientific inquiry for nearly a century, yet the vast majority of authoritarianism research has focused on right-wing authoritarianism. In the present studies, we investigate the nature, structure, and nomological network of left-wing authoritarianism (LWA), a construct famously known as "the Loch Ness Monster" of political psychology. We iteratively construct a measure and data-driven conceptualization of LWA across six samples (N = 7,258) and conduct quantitative tests of LWA's relations with more than 60 authoritarianism-related variables. We find that LWA, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation reflect a shared constellation of personality traits, cognitive features, beliefs, and motivational values that might be considered the "heart" of authoritarianism. Relative to right-wing authoritarians, left-wing authoritarians were lower in dogmatism and cognitive rigidity, higher in negative emotionality, and expressed stronger support for a political system with substantial centralized state control. Our results also indicate that LWA powerfully predicts behavioral aggression and is strongly correlated with participation in political violence. We conclude that a movement away from exclusively right-wing conceptualizations of authoritarianism may be required to illuminate authoritarianism's central features, conceptual breadth, and psychological appeal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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2. Prejudice towards Immigrants: The Importance of Social Context, Ideological Postulates, and Perception of Outgroup Threat

Author

Jesús San Martín García, Macarena Vallejo-Martín, Jesús M. Canto, and Fabiola Perles Novas

Subjects
media_common.quotation_subject, social dominance, Geography, Planning and Development, TJ807-830, 050109 social psychology, Context (language use), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, symbolic threat, TD194-195, 050105 experimental psychology, Renewable energy sources, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, GE1-350, Prejudice (legal term), media_common, Environmental effects of industries and plants, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 05 social sciences, Authoritarianism, realistic threat, Social environment, Right-wing authoritarianism, prejudice, Environmental sciences, right-wing authoritarianism, Dominance (ethology), Outgroup, Ideology, Psychology, Social psychology
Abstract

Recent years have witnessed a rise in support for political parties with an anti-immigration sentiment and nationalistic rhetoric as their distinguishing traits. Within this context, our study, through a survey, analyses the relation of prejudice toward immigrants with ideological postulates of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance and outgroup threat. With a sample of 247 individuals (54.7% men and 45.3% women), our results reveal that positions favouring right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance and perception of realistic and symbolic threat have an influence on negative attitudes toward immigrants. At the same time, greater prejudice is found in those individuals scoring high in authoritarianism and symbolic threat. These results confirm, on one hand, the dual process motivation model of ideology and prejudice, and on the other, the bifactor structure of outgroup threat. As a conclusion, we propose that in order to foment peaceful coexistence and reduce hostility towards minority groups within today’s social context, it is important to consider the relevance of ideological postulates and outgroup threat. It is a priority to design public policies that favour the inclusion and integration of minority groups with the goal of building more sustainable societies that respect human rights.

Published
2021

3. Validation of the subtle and blatant prejudice scale towards indigenous people in Argentina

Author

Edgardo Etchezahar, Alicia Barreiro, and Joaquín Ungaretti

Subjects
Psychometrics, TOLERANCE FOR DISAGREEMENT, 05 social sciences, Authoritarianism, INDIGENOUS, Right-wing authoritarianism, Otras Psicología, 050109 social psychology, 050105 experimental psychology, Indigenous, Psicología, CIENCIAS SOCIALES, Politics, PREJUDICE, Scale (social sciences), AUTHORITARIANISM, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Psychology, Social psychology, Social dominance orientation, General Psychology, Prejudice (legal term), SOCIAL DOMINANCE
Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the subtle and blatant prejudice scale toward indigenous people inArgentina and its relationship with right wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, tolerance for disagreement, ideologicalpoliticalself-positioning, sex and age.Asample of 304 participants from Buenos Aireswas selected using a non-probabilistic incidentalmethod. Participants were aged from 18 to 41 years and they were asked to fill a self-report questionnaire including an Argentineanversion of the subtle and blatant prejudice toward indigenous people scale together with right wing authoritarianism scale, socialdominance orientation scale, tolerance for disagreement scale, ideological-political self-positioning scale.We found adequate psychometricsproperties for the subtle and blatant prejudice scale, as well as significant and positive correlations with right wing authoritarianism,tolerance for disagreement, social dominance orientation and political self-placement. These findings may indicate thatprejudice towards indigenous people in Argentina is a complex problem that cannot be explained only by considering intergrouprelations, because different socio-psychological variables are related with its consolidation and maintenance. Fil: Ungaretti, Joaquín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina Fil: Etchezahar, Edgardo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental "Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi". Grupo Vinculado CIIPME - Entre Ríos - Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental "Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi"; Argentina Fil: Barreiro, Alicia Viviana. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina

Published
2018

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