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Authoritarianism, dominance and assertiveness.

J J Ray1

  • 1University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|January 1, 1981
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This study clarifies the constructs of authoritarianism, dominance, and assertiveness, proposing authoritarianism as aggressive dominance. New scales demonstrated validity in distinguishing these traits, particularly authoritarianism

Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Authoritarianism, dominance, and assertiveness definitions often overlap, lacking clear distinctions.
  • Existing scales may not adequately differentiate these related psychological constructs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To differentiate between authoritarianism, dominance, and assertiveness.
  • To propose new conceptualizations: authoritarianism as aggressive dominance and assertiveness as nonaggressive dominance.
  • To develop and validate new scales for measuring these constructs.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a new Dominance scale for general population use.
  • Comparison of the new Dominance scale with the Ray (1976) authoritarianism scale.
  • Correlational analysis with peer-rated dominance, submission, aggressiveness, and rigidity.

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Main Results:

  • Both the new Dominance scale and the authoritarianism scale correlated significantly with peer-rated dominance and submission.
  • Only the authoritarianism scale showed significant correlations with rated aggressiveness and rigidity.
  • The proposed definitions were successfully operationalized into valid scales.

Conclusions:

  • Authoritarianism can be conceptualized as aggressive dominance, and assertiveness as nonaggressive dominance.
  • The developed scales provide a valid means to distinguish between these personality constructs.
  • Further research can utilize these refined measures to explore related psychological phenomena.