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A New Measure of Conservatism*
Abstract
A variable of personality which has been shown to have considerable predictive value in both social and clinical psychology is that which is variously labelled authoritarianism, dogmatism, fascism, and anti‐scientific attitude. The term ‘conservatism’ is preferred because it is less value‐toned than other alternatives. Previous tests of this dimension are criticized on a number of grounds and the development of a new test which circumvents these deficiencies is described. The ‘Conservatism Scale’ is found to be a remarkably reliable, valid, and economical instrument.
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Metadata
- Authors
- WILSON, G. D., & PATTERSON, J. R.
- Venue
- British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1968-12
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 264-269
- ISSN
- 0007-1293 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2093145887
- Cited by
- 567
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 46.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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