Social dominance orientation and opinions about what is America's most serious social problem.
This study tested whether a measure of Social Dominance Orientation was associated with opinions about America's most serious social problem. 150 undergraduates enrolled in social problems classes responded to the 14-item scale and to an open-ended question, "In your opinion, what is the most serious social problem in our country today?". Analysis shows that mean scale scores differed significantly across social problem responses. Correspondence analysis, plotting association between scale scores and social problem responses, was interpreted as support for social dominance theory. Higher scale scores were associated with problems of crime and negative values and lower scores with problems of education and racism.
Harrod
Wendy J
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Sociology Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50014, USA. wharrod@iastate.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D012930:Social Dominance; D012933:Social Identification; D012940:Social Problems / Q000523:psychology*; D012945:Social Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States