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      Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation : as Mediators of Worldview Beliefs on Attitudes Related to the War on Terror

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      right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, War on Terror

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          The purpose of this study was to test an integrative model in which worldview beliefs were treated as antecedents of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO), and two sets of attitudes related to the War on Terror: endorsement of restrictions on human rights/civil liberties and support for the US military invasion of Iraq in 2003. Dangerous and competitive world beliefs significantly predicted RWA and SDO, respectively, during structural equation modeling. Whereas both RWA and SDO predicted endorsement of human rights/civil liberties attitudes, only RWA predicted support for military aggression against Iraq. Tests of indirect effects suggested that RWA mediated the effects of dangerous world beliefs on attitudes toward human rights/civil liberties and support for military aggression, whereas SDO mediated the effects of competitive world beliefs on attitudes toward human rights/civil liberties only.

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          The psychological bases of ideology and prejudice: testing a dual process model.

          The issue of personality and prejudice has been largely investigated in terms of authoritarianism and social dominance orientation. However, these seem more appropriately conceptualized as ideological attitudes than as personality dimensions. The authors describe a causal model linking dual dimensions of personality, social world view, ideological attitudes, and intergroup attitudes. Structural equation modeling with data from American and White Afrikaner students supported the model, suggesting that social conformity and belief in a dangerous world influence authoritarian attitudes, whereas toughmindedness and belief in a competitive jungle world influence social dominance attitudes, and these two ideological attitude dimensions influence intergroup attitudes. The model implies that dual motivational and cognitive processes, which may be activated by different kinds of situational and intergroup dynamics, may underlie 2 distinct dimensions of prejudice.
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            Differential effects of right wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation on outgroup attitudes and their mediation by threat from and competitiveness to outgroups.

            A dual-process model of individual differences in prejudice proneness proposes that Right Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) will influence prejudice against particular outgroups through different motivational mechanisms. RWA should cause negative attitudes toward groups seen as threatening social control, order, cohesion, and stability, such as deviant groups, and negativity toward these groups should be mediated through perceived threat from them. SDO should cause negative attitudes toward groups that activate competitiveness over relative dominance and superiority, such as socially subordinate groups low in power and status, and negativity toward these groups should be mediated through competitiveness toward them. Findings from four student samples that assessed attitudes toward seven social groups selected as likely to vary systematically in social threat and social subordination supported these predictions. The findings have implications for reconciling intergroup and individual difference explanations of prejudice and for interventions to reduce prejudice.
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              What matters most to prejudice: Big Five personality, Social Dominance Orientation, or Right-Wing Authoritarianism?

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                Journal
                zsp
                Social Psychology
                Hogrefe Publishing
                1864-9335
                January 2009
                : 40
                : 2
                : 93-103
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
                Author notes
                Mike Crowson, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Oklahoma, 820 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73019-2041, USA, Tel. +1 405 325-8795, Fax +1 405 325-6655, mcrowson@ 123456ou.edu
                Article
                zsp_40_2_93
                10.1027/1864-9335.40.2.93
                894c2a17-b978-47bc-9af9-8f3c96f03773
                Copyright @ 2009
                History
                : December 7, 2007
                : May 21, 2008
                : July 29, 2008
                Categories
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                Assessment, Evaluation & Research methods,Psychology,General social science,General behavioral science
                right-wing authoritarianism,social dominance orientation,War on Terror

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