F-scale

The F-scale (Fascism scale) is a personality questionnaire developed in the mid-20th century to measure authoritarianism and how deeply ethnocentric or fascistic attitudes are rooted in personality structure. It was widely criticized for never being independently validated without accompanying ethnocentrism items, across differing social groups, or in isolation from other questionnaire scales.

Claims that use this term

• The F-scale was never independently validated without accompanying ethnocentrism items
• The F-scale was never validated across differing social groups and conditions.
• The F-scale was never validated in isolation from the other questionnaire scales.
• The F-scale measured how deeply ethnocentric attitudes were rooted in personality structure.