Table 1.
Components of authoritarian orientation (adapted from Chien, 2013).
Stage | Components | Possible Actions | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Pre-authoritarian | − | − |
2. | Alienation | Authority-dread | Keeping a distance with fear |
Interacting with caution | |||
Submitting with self-suppression | |||
Authority-dependence | Conforming and coordinating | ||
Pleasing and ingratiating | |||
3. | Obligation | Authority-reverence | Respecting heartfully |
Authority-obedience | Obeying sincerely | ||
4. | Habitus | Authority-sensitization | Authoritarian-oriented Habitus (responding automatically and habitually) |