Authoritarianism, aggression, and status.
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 5 (4) , 468-472
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0021214
Abstract
Subjects scoring high on the California F Scale and those scoring low (N = 94) interacted with high- or equal-status target persons with and without instigation to aggression. Only the least overt aggression measure (pressure, but not shock intensity or duration) gave consistent results. The major finding was that low authoritarians were more hostile toward high-status targets relative to equal-status targets both under conditions of no instigation and instigation to aggress. Reference to contrasting authoritarian and equalitarian ideologies appears to provide a basis for understanding the results. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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