ATTRIBUTED SOCIAL POWER--A SCALE AND SOME VALIDITY.

This article reports reliability and validity data for a scale designed to measure attributed power (AP). The AP scale has been employed in four studies and correlated significantly with chauvinistic nationalism, dogmatism, competition in non-zero sum game behavior, low self-esteem, sex, and campus conflict resolution questions. The reported relationships form a consistent and predictable pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]