A factorial study of dogmatism and related concepts.

Christianity and Dogmatism Revisited: A Study Among Fifteen and Sixteen Year Olds in the United Kingdom

“…This is consistent with the majority of other studies using the Eysenck neuroticism scales, including Stanley (1964), Smithers (1970), Wearing and Brown (1972), Cohen and Harris (1972), Gilliland, Rogers, and Walsh (1977), Smithers and Lobley (1978), Schmitz (1985), and Thalbourne, Dunbar, and Delin (1995) and supports the contention of Rokeach and Fruchter (1956) that ideological dogmatism has its major motivational basis in anxiety. The absence of a relationship between extraversion and dogmatism is consistent with the findings of Stanley (1964), Day (1966), Drakeford (1969), Smithers (1970), and Thalbourne, Dunbar, and Delin (1995), although Cohen and Harris (1972) reported a positive correlation and Schmitz (1985) reported a negative correlation.…”

Authoritarianism and information processing

“…Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswik, Levinson, and Sanford (1950) described the authoritarian as a conformist who is dependent upon authority, while Rokeach's (1960) extension emphasized the inability of the authoritarian to tolerate ambiguity and to differentiate the source from the message. Support for the rigidity of authoritarians has been obtained by Barker (1963), Lee and Warr (1969), and Rokeach and Fruchter (1956), and the association between authoritarians and conformity is supported by studies reported in Kirscht and Dillehay's (1967) review, Sales (1973), and Sales and Friend (1973). Rokeach (1954Rokeach ( , 1956) has additionally argued that authoritarians overidentify with a cause or group and make a greater distinction between belief and disbelief systems than do nonauthoritarians.…”

Believing in other minds: Accurate mentalizing does not predict religiosity

“…For instance, we predicted that those more skilled in ToM, appropriately attributing the correct underlying motivation or emotion to another's behavior, might be less likely to show high levels of religious fundamentalism (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004) and dogmatism (Rokeach & Fruchter, 1956), and less likely to adopt religious beliefs as a consequence of socialization (Granqvist & Hagekull, 1999). These predictions were based on the idea that those with a greater degree of metarepresentational ability would be less rigid in their thinking and better able to consider alternative viewpoints and beliefs.…”