Authoritarianism Scales (RWA + LWA)

This test combines two well-known measures of authoritarianism: The Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scale by Bob Altemeyer (23 items) measures conventionalism, authoritarian submission, and authoritarian aggression. The Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA) index by Costello et al. (2022) (39 items) measures anti-hierarchical aggression, anti-conventionalism, and top-down censorship. 62 items on a 7-point agree/disagree scale. Items from both scales are intermixed.