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Personality, Emotional and Self-Assessed Intelligence and Right Wing Authoritarianism
Department of Clinical, Heath and Educational Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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Abstract
Two studies examined correlates of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA). In the first study (N = 260), lower self-assessments of intelligence were associated with higher RWA scores. In the second study (N = 328), personality traits and emotional intelligence but not self-assessed intelligence were related to RWA beliefs. Higher RWA scorers tended to be Closed-to-Experience, Conscientious, and Neurotics with higher trait emotional intelligence. Together these accounted for 20% of the variance.
KeywordsRight-Wing AuthoritarianismPersonalityIntelligence
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