The intergenerational transmission of social dominance: A three‐generation study

This study examined the transmission of social dominance orientation (SDO) from parents and grandparents to children. It was predicted that parents as well as grandparents would pass their social dominance attitudes to children. Children's levels of SDO would thus be the highest when parental and grandparental attitudes are high; the lowest when parental and grandparental attitudes are low; and intermediate when parental and grandparental attitudes are incongruent. These hypotheses were examined in a sample of 93 families including children (in early adulthood), one of their parents, and one of their grandparents. Results yielded support for the predictions. These findings' implications are discussed in terms of their potential to explain previous inconsistent results on the transmission of social attitudes to children. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Power, Sexism, and Gender: Factors in Biblical Interpretation

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/009164711704500403 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 274-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura M. Northrop Orme ◽

M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall ◽

Tamara L. Anderson ◽

Jason McMartin

Keyword(s):

Social Dominance ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Biblical Interpretation ◽

Social Attitudes ◽

Hostile Sexism ◽

Men And Women ◽

Conservative Protestant ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Gender Hierarchy ◽

And Gender

This study assesses individual social attitudes and ideological beliefs regarding systems of power and sexism (i.e., Authoritarianism, Conservatism, Traditionalism, Social Dominance Orientation [SDO], Hostile Sexism [HS], and Benevolent Sexism [BS]) in relationship to Bible interpretation choice about passages related to gender. Data were collected from 216 conservative Protestant Christian churchgoers. It was hypothesized that individuals with higher levels of Authoritarianism, Conservatism, Traditionalism, SDO, HS, and BS would prefer interpretations that endorse gender hierarchy. The results supported these hypotheses, finding Traditionalism and HS to be the primary factors related to interpretation choice. Additionally, it was hypothesized that any significant difference between men and women regarding interpretation choice would be explained by individual differences in these social attitudes and ideological beliefs. Men were significantly more likely than women to prefer Bible interpretations oriented toward gender hierarchy, and this difference was primarily explained by Traditionalism and HS.

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Motivated Social Cognition and Authoritarianism

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000293 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 204-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mathias Berggren ◽

Nazar Akrami ◽

Robin Bergh ◽

Bo Ekehammar

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Social Dominance ◽

Common Factor ◽

Cognitive Styles ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Social Attitudes ◽

Need For Closure ◽

Right Wing ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽

Motivated Social Cognition

Abstract. The domain of motivated social cognition includes a variety of concepts dealing with a need to seek structure and avoid ambiguity, and several of these concepts are also powerful predictors of social attitudes, such as authoritarianism. It is possible though that these relations are due to certain facets reoccurring in the different scales. In this paper, we tested the notion that authoritarianism is predicted specifically by rigidity in beliefs (closed-mindedness), rather than broader cognitive styles. Thus, we initially identified items in the motivated social cognition scales that are specifically measuring closed-mindedness. These items included the closed-mindedness facet of the need for closure scale and items from intolerance of ambiguity and need for cognition. We used these items to predict right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and their common factor authoritarianism (generalized). In line with our prediction, two studies showed that the motivated social cognition scales did not provide a significant prediction of authoritarianism beyond the closed-mindedness items. We conclude that the relation between motivated social cognition and authoritarianism is captured entirely by the former’s closed-mindedness component.

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The intergenerational transmission of racism: The role of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation

Journal of Research in Personality ◽

10.1016/j.jrp.2009.05.014 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 906-909 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Bart Duriez ◽

Bart Soenens

Keyword(s):

Intergenerational Transmission ◽

Social Dominance ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Right Wing ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism

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Exploring the Multidimensional Facets of Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Aggression and Social Dominance Orientation

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185.67.1.51 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 51-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Stefano Passini

Keyword(s):

Social Dominance ◽

Factor Model ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Model Fit ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The One ◽

Better Than

The relation between authoritarianism and social dominance orientation was analyzed, with authoritarianism measured using a three-dimensional scale. The implicit multidimensional structure (authoritarian submission, conventionalism, authoritarian aggression) of Altemeyer’s (1981, 1988) conceptualization of authoritarianism is inconsistent with its one-dimensional methodological operationalization. The dimensionality of authoritarianism was investigated using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 713 university students. As hypothesized, the three-factor model fit the data significantly better than the one-factor model. Regression analyses revealed that only authoritarian aggression was related to social dominance orientation. That is, only intolerance of deviance was related to high social dominance, whereas submissiveness was not.

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