RWA and ethnocentrism correlate more strongly in US legislators than any prior study

Evidence

Much more impressive, however, stands the . correlation between rightwing authoritarianism and ethnocentrism among these lawmakers. It rates as the highest such relationship yet discovered, the previous record being a . found with an anti-black survey administered to white South Africans (Duckitt, 1992). It is so large, it even supports the original Berkeley group’s premise that prefascist personalities and ethnocentrism compose two sides of I hasten to add the usual caution about the low level of the Ethnocentrism scores. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3521

Categorization

• XREF: The Adorno/Berkeley authoritarian personality tradition — connects to the theoretical lineage the chapter builds on.