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The Journal of Social Psychology, 1974, 94, 179-186.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNOCENTRISM AND CONSERVATISM IN AN "AUTHORITARIAN" CULTURE



University of Waikato, New Zealand

DAVID R. THOMAS

SUMMARY

A number of previous investigators have suggested that there is a lower relationship between authoritarianism and ethnocentrism in "authoritarian cultures than in "non-authoritarian" cultures. A review of the literature indicated that the available evidence did not provide conclusive support for this contention. The degree of association between these characteristics was examined in Queensland, Australia -- a relatively authoritarian culture. Highly significant correlations were found between the Conservatism scale and two measures of ethnic prejudice in a sample of 56 mothers. While social processes are undoubtedly an important determinant of differences between cultural groups in mean levels of ethnocentrism, studies which attempt to show a difference in the degree of association between authoritarianism and ethnocentrism have to allow for the effect of differences in instrument variances, between cultural groups, on the measures used.

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