1985 Volume 33 Issue 4 Pages 327-335
The purpose of the present study was a) to examine the structure of political attitudes when measured with ar ‘catchphrase’ type scale and b) to investigate the relationships between the level of political interests, political knowledge and political attitudes. Two hundred and seventy nine university students were asked to evaluate short-phrase items expressing the controversial political issues and to answer some questions measuring the level of political interests and political knowledge. The results showed that political attitudes were constructed by following five dimensions: “nationalism”,“maintenance the status quo in politics”,“control”,“militarism” and “innovativism”. The linear relationship between the level of political interests and political attitudes was observed. Those who had high political interests showed more innovative attitudes, while subjects whose political interests were low indicated more conservative ones. No systematic relations were found between the level of political knowledge and political attitudes.
