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SUBMITTER: Manson JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365073 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Personality and individual differences 20200716
Recent research suggests the validity of the construct of Left-wing Authoritarianism (LWA). Like its well-studied parallel construct Right-wing Authoritarianism, LWA is characterized by dogmatism, punitive attitudes toward dissenters, and desire for strong authority figures. In contrast to RWA, LWA mobilizes these traits on behalf of left-wing values (e.g. anti-racism, anti-sexism, and wealth redistribution). I inductively examined the extent to which RWA and LWA predicted, in April 2020, Americ ...[more]