Wilson–Patterson Conservatism Scale

political ideology in terms of liberalism and conservatism. It is named after Glenn Wilson and John Patterson, who developed the scale and first described it in a 1968 paper.^[2] Many alternative, shorter versions of the scale have been proposed and used since the initial form was developed,^[3][4][5] and the scale itself has changed its format and questions since it was first created.^[6] Among the most common scales used to measure respondents' conservatism is the Wilson–Patterson Attitude Inventory, a modified version of the original W–P scale proposed by Wilson himself in 1975.^[7]