DOGMATISM, HOSTILITY, AGGRESSION, AND GENDER ROLES.

This article reports that the more dogmatic individuals have higher incidences of temper tantrums and other aggressive behaviors in. childhood. A number of studies have indicated significant relationships between dogmatism and measures of undesirable personality patterns, but have not attempted to gauge hostile feelings and aggressive behaviors in relation to different degrees of dogmatism. Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) is a widely used measure of hostility and aggression. The BDHI is a 75-item questionnaire that consists of eight subscales, seven of which measure different aspects of hostility and aggression. These seven subscales factorially reduce to two clusters, one labeled aggression and the other hostility.