Authoritarian and Conservative linked?

The abstract is located here

Authoritarianism is a personality trait operationally defined in terms of:
1) a high degree of compliance with socially-accepted authorities;
2) aggressiveness toward persons that is believed to be sanctioned by established authorities;
3) a high degree of adherence to social conventions believed to be favored by society and established authority (Altemeyer, 1996).

Authoritarian personality characteristics:
1) are less likely than most people to demonstrate self-awareness (Altemeyer, 1999) and
2) are more likely to favor religious beliefs over scientific data when the two appear to be in conflict (Westman et al., 2000).
3) exhibit more self-reported fear than the general population (Eigenberger, 1999),
4) tend to be prepared to cut low-status offenders more slack than high status offenders (Feather, 2002).
5) correlate with security values such as national strength and order, religiosity, and propriety in dress and manners (Heaven, 2001),
6) and individuals with high RWA scores tend to indicate negative attitudes toward homosexuality than the high SDO-scale (Whitley, et al., 2001).
7) individuals with high RWA scores may have greater trouble remembering what they read and making correct inferences (Wegmann, M.F. 1992).