University of Isfahan Journal of Applied Sociology 2008-5745 22 3 2011 11 22 Sociological Investigating of the Authoritarian Personality (Case Study: Isfahan City) Sociological Investigating of the Authoritarian Personality (Case Study: Isfahan City) 23 40 18232 FA Vahid Ghasemi Associate Professor Department of Social Sciences, University of Isfahan Badri Borandegi M.A. Student, University of Isfahan Journal Article 2016 06 14 The main questions to answer in this article are : “What are the possible explanations of the formation of the authoritarian personality? How is an authoritarian personality born and where are its roots?” We used from F. scale. The original F. scale was to contain 38 items and 9 key dimensions of authoritarian personality: Conventionalism, Authoritarian Submission, Authoritarian Aggression, Anti- interception, Superstition and Stereotype, Power and ‘toughness’, Destructiveness and Cynicism, Projective, heightened concerns about sex. This scale defined by Adorno at al. in 1950.      The purpose of this research is to find out the level of tendency toward authoritarianism and to study the impact of variables like age, group membership, socialization of power (family structure, education system and mass media), level of education, income and occupation on authoritarianism. In this survey study a sample of 368 citizens of Isfahan (18years old and over) have been interviewed.     The results indicate that a significant and reserve relationship has been found between age, group membership, education system and mass media and tendency toward authoritarianism. A significant and direct relationship exists between family structure, level of education, income and occupation and tendency toward authoritarianism. The main questions to answer in this article are : “What are the possible explanations of the formation of the authoritarian personality? How is an authoritarian personality born and where are its roots?” We used from F. scale. The original F. scale was to contain 38 items and 9 key dimensions of authoritarian personality: Conventionalism, Authoritarian Submission, Authoritarian Aggression, Anti- interception, Superstition and Stereotype, Power and ‘toughness’, Destructiveness and Cynicism, Projective, heightened concerns about sex. This scale defined by Adorno at al. in 1950.      The purpose of this research is to find out the level of tendency toward authoritarianism and to study the impact of variables like age, group membership, socialization of power (family structure, education system and mass media), level of education, income and occupation on authoritarianism. In this survey study a sample of 368 citizens of Isfahan (18years old and over) have been interviewed.     The results indicate that a significant and reserve relationship has been found between age, group membership, education system and mass media and tendency toward authoritarianism. A significant and direct relationship exists between family structure, level of education, income and occupation and tendency toward authoritarianism. https://jas.ui.ac.ir/article_18232_b7c615d80568edae307517dad05a14ea.pdf