California F-Scale (Fascism Scale).

F-Scale

What it measures

Authoritarian personality syndrome: 9 facets (conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intraception, superstition/stereotypy, power/toughness, destructiveness/cynicism, projectivity, exaggerated concern with sex)

Length and format

~30 (Form 45/40; several earlier forms with differing counts). agree-only Likert (a key historical flaw: no reverse-keyed items, so acquiescence inflates scores) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into several languages historically; largely superseded but referenced worldwide

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Adorno, T. W., Frenkel-Brunswik, E., Levinson, D. J., & Sanford, R. N. (1950). The Authoritarian Personality. New York: Harper & Row.