Do authoritarians hold authoritarian attitudes? The case of South Africa.

This study attempted to check, in an authoritarian culture, Ray's hypothesis that there is no relationship between authoritarian behavior and authoritarian attitudes. Scales measuring these two variables were administered to 38 white Afrikaans-speaking South African college men and women (average age 20.74 years). The correlation between the two scales was--.21 which is not significant. The results were therefore seen as a confirmation of Ray's hypothesis.