Ethnic hierarchies, ethnic prejudice, and social dominance orientation

Alexandra Snellman; Bo Ekehammar

doi:10.1002/casp.812

Common Ideological Roots of Speciesism and Generalized Ethnic Prejudice: The Social Dominance Human–Animal Relations Model (SD–HARM)

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.2069 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 507-522 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Kristof Dhont ◽

Gordon Hodson ◽

Ana C. Leite

Keyword(s):

Social Dominance ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Positive Association ◽

Significant Positive Association ◽

Personality Psychology ◽

Ethnic Prejudice ◽

The Social ◽

Analytic Integration ◽

Key Factor ◽

Human Animal

Recent research and theorizing suggest that desires for group–based dominance underpin biases towards both human outgroups and (non–human) animals. A systematic study of the common ideological roots of human–human and human–animal biases is, however, lacking. Three studies (in Belgium, UK, and USA) tested the Social Dominance Human–Animal Relations Model (SD–HARM) proposing that Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) is a key factor responsible for the significant positive association between ethnic outgroup attitudes and speciesist attitudes towards animals, even after accounting for other ideological variables (that possibly confound previous findings). Confirming our hypotheses, the results consistently demonstrated that SDO, more than right–wing authoritarianism (RWA), is a key factor connecting ethnic prejudice and speciesist attitudes. Furthermore, Studies 2 and 3 showed that both SDO and RWA are significantly related to perceived threat posed by vegetarianism (i.e. ideologies and diets minimizing harm to animals), but with SDO playing a focal role in explaining the positive association between threat perceptions and ethnic prejudice. Study 3 replicated this pattern, additionally including political conservatism in the model, itself a significant correlate of speciesism. Finally, a meta–analytic integration across studies provided robust support for SD–HARM and offers important insights into the psychological parallels between human intergroup and human–animal relations. Copyright © 2016 European Association of Personality Psychology

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Dimensions of Social Dominance Orientation: The Roles of Legitimizing Myths and National Identification

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.1955 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (6) ◽

pp. 538-549 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Paul Hindriks ◽

Maykel Verkuyten ◽

Marcel Coenders

Keyword(s):

Social Dominance ◽

Representative Sample ◽

European Association ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Personality Psychology ◽

Ethnic Prejudice ◽

National Identification

Using a representative sample of Dutch natives, the current study examined the distinction between two dimensions of social dominance orientation [SDO–Dominance (SDO–D) and SDO–Egalitarianism (SDO–E)] and their relation with prejudice towards immigrant groups. Results showed that an empirical distinction between the two dimensions could be made. Furthermore, the relation between SDO and prejudice was fully mediated by hierarchy–enhancing (ethnic citizenship, assimilation) and hierarchy–attenuating myths (civic citizenship, multiculturalism), but in different ways for both SDO dimensions. Moreover, there were distinct paths between the SDO dimensions and ethnic prejudice for higher and lower identifiers. For higher identifiers, the relation between SDO–D and prejudice was fully mediated by the endorsement of hierarchy–enhancing myths. For lower identifiers, there was an association between SDO–E and prejudice that was predominantly mediated by the endorsement of hierarchy–attenuating myths. Copyright © 2014 European Association of Personality Psychology

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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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