The '''F-scale''' is a [[personality test]] ([[Psychometrics|psychometric]] [[assessment]]) that attempts to quantify [[Authoritarian personality|authoritarian]] tendencies. The F-scale was designed on the basis of [[Theodor Adorno]]'s theory of [[authoritarian personality]]. The "F" stands for "[[fascism]]."
The '''F-scale''' is a [[personality test]] ([[Psychometrics|psychometric]] [[assessment]]) that attempts to quantify [[Authoritarian personality|authoritarian]] tendencies. The F-scale was designed on the basis of [[Theodor Adorno]]'s theory of [[authoritarian personality]]. The "F" stands for "[[fascism]]."
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The test is designed to measure several variables, including conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intraception, superstition and stereotype, [[Power (sociology)| power]] and "toughness", destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and sex.
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The test is designed to measure several variables, including [[conventionalism]], [[authoritarian submission]], [[authoritarian aggression]], [[anti-intraception]], [[superstition]] and [[stereotype]], [[Power (sociology)| power]] and "toughness", [[destructiveness]] and [[cynicism]], projectivity, and sex.
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Among the criticisms of the F-scale is its sensitivity to respondents with [[acquiescence|acquiescent]] [[response styles]]. A number of related scales such as the [[P-scale]] and the [[balanced F-scale]] have been created in an attempt to fix the shortcomings of the F-scale.
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==See also==
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*[[E-scale]]
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==References & Bibliography==
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*[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?sourceid=mozclient&num=50&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=Depression+women Google Scholar]
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Among the criticisms of the F-scale is its sensitivity to respondents with [[acquiescence|acquiescent]] response styles. A number of related scales such as the P-scale and the balanced F-scale have been created in an attempt to fix the shortcomings of the F-scale.
Among the criticisms of the F-scale is its sensitivity to respondents with acquiescentresponse styles. A number of related scales such as the P-scale and the balanced F-scale have been created in an attempt to fix the shortcomings of the F-scale.
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