A short version of the Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) Scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1223-1234

  Manganelli Rattazzi, Anna Maria ^a   Bobbio, Andrea ^a   Canova, Luigina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Political orientation; Prejudice; Right wing authoritarianism; Short version

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447280162     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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