Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale.

RWA

What it measures

Right-wing authoritarianism: covariation of Authoritarian Submission, Authoritarian Aggression, and Conventionalism

Length and format

~30 (Altemeyer's original; the scale was re-balanced/re-issued many times, so item counts vary by edition; a 21-item North-American form exists). balanced agree/disagree, typically 7- or 9-point (pro- and con-trait items) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages; used worldwide in political psychology (e.g. DE, ES, FR, IT, PL, RU, ZH, plus others)

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

Altemeyer, B. (1981). Right-Wing Authoritarianism. University of Manitoba Press; Bizumic, B., & Duckitt, J. (2018). Investigating RWA with a very short authoritarianism scale. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 6(1).