@article{ref1,
title="Clarifying the structure and nature of left-wing authoritarianism",
journal="Journal of personality and social psychology",
year="2021",
author="Costello, Thomas H. and Bowes, Shauna M. and Stevens, Sean T. and Waldman, Irwin D. and Tasimi, Arber and Lilienfeld, Scott O.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Authoritarianism has been the subject of scientific inquiry for nearly a century, yet the vast majority of authoritarianism research has focused on right-wing authoritarianism. In the present studies, we investigate the nature, structure, and nomological network of left-wing authoritarianism (LWA), a construct famously known as &quot;the Loch Ness Monster&quot; of political psychology. We iteratively construct a measure and data-driven conceptualization of LWA across six samples (N = 7,258) and conduct quantitative tests of LWA's relations with more than 60 authoritarianism-related variables. We find that LWA, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation reflect a shared constellation of personality traits, cognitive features, beliefs, and motivational values that might be considered the &quot;heart&quot; of authoritarianism. Relative to right-wing authoritarians, left-wing authoritarians were lower in dogmatism and cognitive rigidity, higher in negative emotionality, and expressed stronger support for a political system with substantial centralized state control. Our results also indicate that LWA powerfully predicts behavioral aggression and is strongly correlated with participation in political violence. We conclude that a movement away from exclusively right-wing conceptualizations of authoritarianism may be required to illuminate authoritarianism's central features, conceptual breadth, and psychological appeal. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3514",
doi="10.1037/pspp0000341",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000341"
}