Dogmatism Scale

Rokeach, M. (1960). The open and closed mind: Investigations into the nature of belief systems and personality systems. New York: Basic Books.

	Table of Contents
	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The Dogmatism Scale was designed to assess the extent to which individuals' belief systems are open or closed as well as their levels of general authoritarianism and intolerance.
Questions		40 items using 6-point scales (-3 = I disagree very much to +3 = I agree very much)
Sub-scales		N/A
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		It is only natural that a person would have a much better acquaintance with ideas he believes in than with ideas he opposes.

References:

Scale:

Rokeach, M. (1960). The open and closed mind: Investigations into the nature of belief systems and personality systems. New York: Basic Books.

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