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A study by Campbell and McCormack in 1957 of the U.S. Army was replicated 10 years later in the West German Army. Age and education were controlled, and the possibility of a panel effect was checked, and the earlier finding that militaryexperience reduces authoritarianism of draftees was confirmed. This study also investigated the permanence of the observed effect. The effect was a very temporary response to the specific military-life situation. An interpretation is offered that the experienced deprivation increases the sensitivity of coldiers to those items in the scale indicating respect and tolerance for fellow citizens.
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Roghmann et al. (1972) studied this question.
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