California F Scale - Form 40-45
Adorno, Levinson, Frenkel-Brunswik, and Sanford (1950)
Anatomy
Measures this construct
- Authoritarianism
- Right-Wing Authoritarianism
- Pre-fascist personality (unresolved)
Items
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Reliability & validity
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- Validity
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Items measuring this instrument
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america is getting so far from the true american way of life that force may be necessary to restore it
an insult to our honor should always be punished
every person should have complete faith in some supernatural power whose decisions he obeys without question
familiarity breeds contempt
homosexuals are hardly better than criminals and ought to be severely punished
human nature being what it is there will always be war and conflict
if people would talk less and work more everybody would be better off
it is best to use some prewar authorities in germany to keep order and to prevent chaos
most of our social problems could be solved if we could somehow get rid of the immoral crooked and feebleminded people
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