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A more careful delineation of the characteristics associated with activism from the characteristics associated with ideology was attempted. 73 undergraduate Sa, belonging to the 6 groups that result from the combination of activism and nonactivism with left, right, and middle ideologies, were given a series of personality and intellectual questionnaires. Activists were found to be significantly (p < .05) more intelligent than nonactivists. There were no differences in ego-defensive ness among any of the groups. Left-oriented Sa were, to a significant degree, less concerned with social acceptance than right- or middle-orient ed Ss. The results indicate the necessity of separating ideology from activism in investigation s of student political activists.
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