In Pursuit of a Dogmatism Factor: Derogation or Alienation?

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Abstract
159 high school students, 125 introductory psychology students, and 59 senior psychology majors answered a questionnaire measuring dogmatism and derogation of others. Derogation was correlated with total dogmatism among the high school and introductory psychology students, and among all groups with 2 of the 6 dogmatism factors measured, “alienation” and belief in one truth. rs were low. Agreement with the items expressing mainly “aloneness” was the same among groups, while agreement with the mainly “derogatory” items tended to decrease with age and/or exposure to psychology. The dogmatism factor of “alienation” should more accurately be called “derogation and aloneness,” since it seems to measure the related tendencies to derogate others and feel alone.

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