The Generality of Attitudes Toward Authority: Cross-Cultural Comparisons.

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      AUSTRALIA; ENGLAND
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      The generality of attitudes toward institutional authorities that had been indicated by recent studies in Australia and England was investigated further in a European country (Italy) and in an Asian country (Sri Lanka). Intercorrelations between measures of attitudes toward different institutional authorities (using versions of the General Attitude Toward Institutional Authority Scale, GAIAS) were found to be consistently positive among Italian college students (N = 202) and among schoolchildren in Sri Lanka (N = 198). With a few exceptions, the correlations were statistically significant. The hypothesized generality of attitudes was thus confirmed across cultures despite early studies questioning its existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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