The authors of The Authoritarian Personality famously posited a psychological affinity between the authoritarian personality syndrome and politically conservative ideology. Seven decades later, we evaluate the empirical evidence bearing on this hypothesis. We conclude that: (a) there is a large body of evidence, including data from six continents and many different measures, documenting a positive association between authoritarianism and right-wing conservatism; (b) the association is observed in studies with ideologically neutral measures of authoritarianism, indicating that it is not a methodological artifact; (c) there is still no convincing counter-evidence that authoritarianism is equally prevalent on the left and right in Western societies, despite many attempts to procure such evidence; and (d) the authoritarian-conservatism nexus possesses both context-dependent and context-independent features. In summary, the evidence of an affinity between authoritarianism and conservatism is strong, although more research focusing on specific aspects of authoritarianism, ideological subtypes, and contextual moderators is recommended.

威权人格的作者著名的是，威权人格综合症与政治保守主义意识形态之间存在着一种心理亲和力。七十年后，我们评估了基于该假设的经验证据。我们得出以下结论：（a）有大量证据，包括来自六大洲的数据和许多不同的量度，证明了威权主义和右翼保守主义之间的积极联系；（b）在研究中使用意识形态中立的威权主义措施观察到这种联系，表明这不是方法论上的假象；（c）尽管有许多试图获得威权主义证据的西方社会，但仍没有令人信服的反证据；（d）威权保守主义关系既具有情境相关性又具有情境独立性。综上所述，威权主义与保守主义之间有亲和力的证据是有力的，尽管建议更多的研究集中在威权主义，意识形态亚型和语境调节者的特定方面。