A factorial study of dogmatism and related concepts.

Authors:
  • MRMilton Rokeach
    Milton Rokeach
  • BFBenjamin Fruchter
    Benjamin Fruchter
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Abstract
Using scales of 10 personality variables, 3 hypotheses were tested: (1) dogmatism is factorially discriminable from authoritarianism, ethnocentrism, and rigidity; (2) dogmatism, paranoia, and self-rejection are factorially similar; and (3) dogmatism, paranoia, and self-rejection would emerge, together with anxiety, on a single factor. Ss were 207 New York college students. The data permit the conclusion that these 3 hypotheses are confirmed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)