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	Authoritarian Dynamic Measurement	Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale
Field	Political Psychology	Social Psychology
Family	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Year of origin	2005	1981
Originator	Karen Stenner & Stanley Feldman	Bob Altemeyer
Type	Self-report predisposition measure	Self-report Likert scale
Seminal source	Stenner, K. (2005). The authoritarian dynamic. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521534789	Altemeyer, B. (1981). Right-wing authoritarianism. University of Manitoba Press.
Aliases	Child-Rearing Authoritarianism Scale, Stenner Authoritarianism Measure, Authoritarian Predisposition Scale	RWA
Related	4	4
Summary	The authoritarian-dynamic approach, developed by Stenner (2005) and Feldman (2003), measures authoritarianism as a latent predisposition toward favoring social conformity and order over individual autonomy and difference, typically assessed with four forced-choice child-rearing values items rather than attitude statements. Its distinctive claim is that intolerance is a dynamic product of this predisposition interacting with perceived normative threat.	The Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWA) is a self-report measure developed by Bob Altemeyer in 1981 to assess individual differences in authoritarian attitudes, including submission to established authorities, adherence to conventional norms, and aggression toward those perceived to violate social conventions. The scale measures three core dimensions: authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, and conventionalism. It has become a cornerstone of research on authoritarianism, political attitudes, and intergroup prejudice.