Metric Properties of the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale among Mexican Medical Students

Authors

  • José Moral de la Rubia Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Adrián Valle de la O Tecnológico de Monterrey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29059/rpcc.20200617-103

Keywords:

Autoritarismo, psicometría, actitud, estudiantes de medicina, México

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to test the in-ternal consistency, structural validity and concurrent validity of the Right Authoritarianism Scale (RWA-12) and to describe its distribution. The RWA-12, the Scale of Attitude towards Lesbians and Gay Men, the Scale of Attitude towards People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding were applied to a non-probability sample of medical stu-dents from Monterrey, Mexico. After eliminating four cases due to missing data, a sample of 198 participants was analyzed. The three-factor model was invalidated. The scale was reduced to six items (RWA-6) and it showed a unifactorial structure with a close data fit. Its internal consistency reliability was good. Its distribution had a positive skew. Its average showed a liberal position. Its strength of association was medium with attitude towards ho-mosexual people and small with attitude towards PLWHA. Both correlations were substantial after controlling for social desirability. It is concluded that RWA-6 is unidimensional, reliable and valid to assess authoritarianism as a submission and conformism trait.

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Published

2020-06-17 — Updated on 2020-06-17

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020): Volumen 11 issue 1(2020) January- june 2020

Section

Investigación empírica y análisis teórico

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