When self-identifications by means of name or birthdate were used as criterion measures of threat, it was found among 78 graduate students who completed the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale that high dogmatic Ss (150 or above) were most threatened, but that the middle dogmatic group of Ss (121-149) rather than the low dogmatic Ss (120 or below) were least threatened. Findings, therefore, challenge the assumption that low-dogmatic Ss are the most open-minded and least threatened.
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