Good morning,
I have a question about Robert Altemeyer's RWA scale. As far as I know, Robert Altemeyer defines right wing authoritarianism as a combination of conventionalism, authoritarian agression and authoritarian submission. So my question is whether the RWA scale has subscales which measure these 3 costructs? And if so, which items belongs to which subscale?
Best regards,
JK
Hi, Justyna,
Interesting question!
However, I think it follows from a misunderstanding of measurement theory. The authors of The Authoritarian Personality (Adorno et al., 1950) originally distinguished even 9 aspects, later-on reduced to the 3 core-characteristics you mention. They are all aspects of the same variable and not independent and unrelated like orthogonal factors in a factor-analysis. May be you can find something by using some sort of highly sofisticated statistical analysis (or a factor analytic approach using very oblique rotation), but in essence all items in the scales are supposed to contribute to the measurement of the same trait. This can be checked by item analysis available in software for reliability analysis (look for 'coefficient alpha if item removed').
As you are a student, I suggest you discuss your question with your supervisor.
Laurens
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