The purpose of the present investigation was to ascertain the degree of relationship between the scores on the Tolerance Scale of the Jackson Personality Inventory and those on Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale. The sample was comprised of 39 undergraduate students, of whom 32 were females and 7 were males, from an Adolescent Psychology class at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee.
It was hypothesized that a significant but inverse relationship existed between tolerance and dogmatism. A correlation coefficient of -.575, which was significant beyond the .01 level, was found between the two measures.
References
1.
Cattell, R. B. , Eber, H. W., and Tatsuoka, M. M.Handbook for the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Champaign, Ill.: Institute for Personality and ability Testing, 1970.
2.
Ehrlich, H. J. and Lee, D.Dogmatism, learning, and resistance to change: A review and a new paradigm. Psychological Bulletin, 1969, 71, 249-260.
3.
Gough, H. G.Manual for California Psychological Inventory (Rev. ed.). Palo Alto, California: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1975.
4.
Jackson, D. N.Jackson Personality Inventory (Manual). Goshen, N. Y.: Research Psychologists Press, 1976.
5.
Korn, H. and Giddan, N.Scoring methods and construct validity of the Dogmatism Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1964, 24, 867-874.
6.
Megargee, E. I.The California Psychological Inventory Handbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1972.
7.
Mitchell, J. V.A comparison of the first and second order dimensions of the 16 PF and CPI Inventories . The Journal of Social Psychology, 1963, 61, 151-166.
8.
Rokeach, M.The nature and meaning of dogmatism . Psychological Review, 1954, 61, 194-204.
9.
Rokeach, M.The open and closed mind. New York: Basic Books, 1960.
