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Right-wing authoritarianism

Known as: RWA, RWA scale, Right wing authoritarian 
Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a personality and ideological variable studied in political, social, and personality psychology. Right-wing… Expand
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Review
2019
Review
2019
Group-Based Dominance and Authoritarian Aggression Predict Support for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
In three convenience samples (combined N = 3,755) and one nationally representative survey (N = 1,500), we investigated whether… Expand
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2018
2018
Finding the Loch Ness Monster: Left‐Wing Authoritarianism in the United States
Although past research suggests authoritarianism may be a uniquely right-wing phenomenon, the present two studies tested the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Authoritarian environmentalism and China's response to climate change
Authoritarian environmentalism is a non-participatory approach to public policy-making and implementation in the face of severe… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Cognitive ability, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation: A five-year longitudinal study amongst adolescents
Abstract We report longitudinal data in which we assessed the relationships between intelligence and support for two constructs… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
A bias-corrected exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of right-wing authoritarianism: Support for a three-factor structure
The factor structure of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) remains a contentious issue. Although designed to measure three… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
We will hunt them down: How social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism fuel ethnic persecution of immigrants in fundamentally different ways
Despite the fact that SDO and RWA are correlated with one another and both predict support for ethnic persecution of immigrants… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism: Additive and Interactive Effects
The additive and interactive effects of Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) were examined… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
What matters most to prejudice: Big Five personality, Social Dominance Orientation, or Right‐Wing Authoritarianism?
Whereas previous research has studied the relation of either (i) personality with prejudice, (ii) personality with social… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Right-Wing Authoritarianism , Social Dominance Orientation , and Prejudice
  • Bernard E., Jr. Whitley
  • 2004
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Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation have been proposed as 2 major individualdifference variables… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Anxiety and Intergroup Bias: Terror Management or Coalitional Psychology?
Contemplation of death increases support of ingroup ideologies, a result explained by proponents of terror management theory (TMT… Expand
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