Left-Wing Authoritarianism Index.

LWA

What it measures

Left-wing authoritarianism on 3 dimensions: Anti-Hierarchical Aggression, Top-Down Censorship, and Anti-Conventionalism

Length and format

39 (full index); brief machine-learning-derived forms of 13 and 25 items, and a 4-item version. 7-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Newer instrument; early adaptations underway (e.g. several European-language validations); English is the reference

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

open with attribution

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Reference

Costello, T. H., Bowes, S. M., Stevens, S. T., et al. (2022). Clarifying the structure and nature of left-wing authoritarianism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(1), 135-170.