Cultural and Institutional Determinants of Social Dominance Orientation: A Cross‐Cultural Meta‐Analysis of 27 Societies
2012/05/30 by Ronald Fischer, Katja Hanke, Chris G. Sibley · 3 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · Mathematics · #Cultural Differences and Values #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social and Cultural Dynamics #Social dominance orientation #Dominance (genetics) #Social psychology #Psychology #Sociology #Orientation (vector space) #Meta-analysis #Political science #Politics #Mathematics
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00884.x
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Abstract
We investigate macrocontextual antecedents of national levels of Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). The majority of previous research, in contrast, has tended to focus on individual‐level correlates of SDO. We extend research on Social Dominance Theory by modelling national‐level differences in institutional discrimination, macroeconomic development, and value ideologies as broad situational factors affecting SDO mean levels in previous studies. Our hypotheses were tested in a three‐level meta‐analysis of aggregate data from 50,971 individuals in 95 samples from 27 different societies. Strong effects for hierarchy‐attenuating legitimizing ideologies and gender empowerment were found. Aggregate discrimination against arbitrary‐set groups was less consistently linked to SDO, suggesting that these hierarchies are context‐specific. Using mixed‐effects three‐level modelling, the patterns can be generalized to new contexts and suggest a particular institutional and social climate that fosters high SDO.
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