Authoritarianism and anomia reconsidered: applying cross-lagged autoregressive & latent growth curve models Dipl.-Soz. Elmar Schlüter Philipps-University Marburg DFG-Research Training School Group-focused enmity contact: [email protected]Dr. Eldad Davidov Prof. Dr. Peter Schmidt Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Department of Social Sciences
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Authoritarianism and anomia reconsidered: applying cross-lagged autoregressive & latent growth curve models. Dipl.-Soz. Elmar Schlüter Philipps-University Marburg DFG-Research Training School Group-focused enmity contact: [email protected] Dr. Eldad Davidov Prof. Dr. Peter Schmidt - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• discussion: pros & cons of cross-lagged autoregressive and latent growth models
3. The interrelationship of anomia and authoritarianism
• Anomia (Srole 1956) - perceived breakdown of the social order - feeling of being helpless, alone and powerless
• Authoritarianism (Adorno et al. 1950) - deep-rooted intraindividual characteristic- reflects conformity with the ingroup, submission to
ingroup leaders & aggressive stances towards outgroups
(1) Srole (1956, p. 716; see Scheepers et al. 1992):• anomic individuals choose authoritarian stances in order to
recover orientation
(2) Adorno et al. (1950), McClosky & Schaar (1965)• authoritarian individuals are hampered to interact effectively• less opportunities to escape from social isolation• resulting in anomia
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Anomia Authoritarianism
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(3) reciprocal relationship: not necessarily implausible
Research questions for longitudinal analysis: a)• are authoritarian attitudes stable over time?• are anomic attitudes stable over time?• does anomia cause authoritarianism, does authoritarianism cause anomia or do we get evidence for both processes?
b) • if we get evidence for individual change of authoritarian and/ or anomic attitudes: is there an increase or a decrease?• do we get evidence for individual differences concerning such a development?• is there a relationship between the initial level of authoritarianism/ anomia and its dynamic?
4.a Cross-lagged autoregressive modelsautoregressive model • each variable X at t2 function of its lagged measure at t1 and residual• stability coefficients indicate degree of stability of interindividual
differences
cross-lagged autoregressive model (Finkel 1995)• cross-construct regression weights: X predicting Y, controlling for former values of Y
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4.b latent growth curve models• for analysing individual change processes using single/ multiple indicators
• assumption: a latent trajectory characterizing the sample (or subgroups) can be found • individual change as function of intercept and slope factors for each time period
• individual change as function of intercept and slope factors for each time period
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5.a Data
Sample:• Group-focused enmity panel 2002-2004 (Heitmeyer et al. 2002,
2003; 2004 forthcomig)
• CATI-survey
• german-speaking persons aged 16 and over in households with telephone
• current analyses: respondents with german citizenship only