Authoritarianism and American Students' Attitudes about the Gulf War, 1990-1996
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- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 23 (11) , 1133-1143
Abstract
Studies with several different groups of students over the period from October 1990 to spring 1996 show a consistent set of relationships between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and aggressive support for U.S. policy during the Persian Gulf crisis and Gulf War Before the war, high-RWA scorers endorsed more aggressive responses (including the use of nuclear weapons) to hypothetical Iraqi actions. After the war, they expressed relatively more gloating and less regret and, in retrospect, endorsed more aggressive hypothetical U.S. policies. Overall, their opinions tended to be low in complexity, high in certainty, and brief.Keywords
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