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Authoritarian Attitudes

Authoritarian Attitudes is a psychological construct in political science that denotes a predisposition to submit to established authority, adhere strictly to conventional norms, and respond with aggression toward perceived threats to social order, thereby distinguishing it from related political orientations by its emphasis on conformity, hierarchy, and punitive responses to deviance.

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249

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Publications

994

Enemies of freedom: understanding right-wing authoritarianism

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 1.6K citations

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Right-Wing Authoritarianism. By Bob Altemeyer. (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1981. Pp. 352. $30.00.)

Dana Ward · American Political Science Review · 1982 · 1.2K citations

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Perceived Threat and Authoritarianism

Stanley Feldman, Karen Stenner · Political Psychology · 1997 · 1K citations

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Enforcing Social Conformity: A Theory of Authoritarianism

Stanley Feldman · Political Psychology · 2003 · 868 citations

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The Discipline Controversy Revisited

Diana Baumrind · Family Relations · 1996 · 671 citations

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Authors

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  1. JJ
    John J. Ray

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    23 publications · 842 citations

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  2. AV
    Alain Van Hiel

    Ghent University, Belgium

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

    15

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  3. JD
    John Duckitt

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    17 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. BE
    Bill E. Peterson

    Smith College, United States

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. PC
    Patrick C. L. Heaven

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    12 publications · 418 citations

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Institutions

700

  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    4.2K citations

  2. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    793 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    756 citations

  5. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    695 citations

  6. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Political Psychology

    42 publications · 6.9K citations

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  2. Personality and Individual Differences

    46 publications · 3K citations

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  3. The Journal of Social Psychology

    62 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology

    29 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    23 publications · 2.6K citations

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