Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWA-88) Test

For readers examining their own political and social attitudes, the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWA-88) Test offers a structured way to consider responses to authority, tradition, dissent, and perceived disorder. It is intended for people who want a clearer profile of these tendencies rather than a label for their identity. This right-wing authoritarianism test supports focused reflection on the beliefs behind a result.

What This Assessment Explores

Rather than measuring party membership, this questionnaire examines attitudes toward social order and the treatment of people who challenge established expectations. It asks how strongly a person endorses conventional moral and family standards, deference to authority, and forceful responses to people viewed as disruptive or threatening. This authoritarianism questionnaire is most useful when statements are answered from personal belief rather than an assumed group position.

The result reports Right-Wing Authoritarianism from 30-270, with Low 30-150 and High 151-270 bands. Higher scores indicate stronger adherence to traditional norms, submission to authority, and aggression toward dissenters; lower scores indicate less alignment with that pattern.

The themes are:

• Conventionalism shows how strongly traditional social standards guide the result.
• Authoritarian submission indicates how readily authorities are trusted and obeyed.
• Authoritarian aggression reflects support for punishing perceived threats and dissenters.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Responses use nine agreement choices labelled from -4 to +4, with Neutral at 0; the displayed result is one total on the stated scale. Because statements point in different directions, agreement does not always mean greater authoritarian alignment. The statements address authority, conventional norms, family and sexual standards, dissent, and social order.

Its conceptual reference is the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale, which organizes the construct around conventionalism, authoritarian submission, and authoritarian aggression. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work, not a validated reproduction or adaptation. Tarr and Lorr distinguish authoritarianism from conformity and conservatism, while Rattazzi, Bobbio, and Canova show that shorter RWA forms can retain the construct with fewer items.

For readers taking an RWA test, the result is a concise reflection on an attitude pattern. No standalone norms or reliability estimates are stated for this version. Self-report is sensitive to social desirability, current context, and personal interpretations of authority or tradition. The displayed bands describe this total, not clinical thresholds; the score is not a diagnosis and does not explain political identity or the motives behind individual answers.