Authoritarianism and attitudes toward AIDS victims.
This study investigated the relationship of authoritarianism and attitudes toward AIDS victims in three samples. One hundred fifty-eight students at Oregon State University participated, including 101 students from the United States, 25 from Japan, and 32 from other Asian societies. The survey instrument included the 20-item Attitudes Toward AIDS Victims (ATAV) Scale, the 18-item F Scale, the Form A, and 14-item Formal Content of Dogmatism Scale. Results showed slight but significant correlations between the ATAV and F (r = .17, p less than .044) and Formal Content of Dogmatism (r = .20, p less than .023) Scales for the United States sample. Highly significant differences were found in the predicted direction among the three samples on authoritarianism, F = 43.94, p less than .001.
Larsen
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Department of Psychology, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Elder
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Bader
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Dougard
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001318:Authoritarianism; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000208:ethnology; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009922:Oregon