Only three of nine original authoritarian traits form a coherent dimension

Evidence

After two decades of obscurity, Altemeyer (1981) revived the theory of the authoritarian. His research suggested that only three of the original nine facets of authoritarianism (conventionalism, authoritarian aggression, and authoritarian submission) described by Adorno et al. (1950) covaried strongly to form a unitary dimension, and he developed the Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scale to measure this dimension. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2449

Categorization

• DEFINE: The RWA scale reduces Adorno’s nine-facet authoritarianism to conventionalism, authoritarian aggression, and authoritarian submission.