Connotative
meanlng of certain critical concepts for authoritarians
Q. Hasan & M.W. Khan |
Relationships
were explored between semantic ratings of 11 concepts and Authoritarianism,
Male Ss (N=80) aged 16-20 rated each of the 11 concepts in terms
of six polar adjectives. Three factors were extracted out of the
matrix of intercorrelations among the scores on the F scale and ratings
on the six polar adjectives. Authoritarianism was found to hang with
semantic scales of `Valuable-Worthless' and `Hot-Cold' prior to rotation,
and with `Hot-Cold' after rotation. The matrix of intercorrelations
among the scores on the F scale and ratings of the concepts yielded
four factors. After varimax rotation, the following concepts were
found to be hanging with Authoritarianism: Present, Mother, Responsibility,
Power, and Freedom.
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