Premium
Attitudes to women in society: the role of social dominance orientation and social values
Author(s) -
Bates Cathy,
Heaven Patrick C. L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.589
Subject(s) - social dominance orientation , psychology , social psychology , dominance (genetics) , personality , harmony (color) , social value orientations , trait , sociology , politics , political science , democracy , law , economics , visual arts , gene , art , biochemistry , chemistry , programming language , authoritarianism , computer science , microeconomics
his research assessed the extent to which attitudes to women in society are predicted by the personality trait social dominance orientation (SDO) as well as the values international harmony and equality (INT) and national strength and order (NAT). Respondents were a community sample of adult non‐students ( N = 158). Sex differences were observed on INT and attitudes to women. Multiple regression analyses showed sex differences in the extent to which SDO predicts attitudes to women, while no support was found for the view that social attitudes are underpinned by both security and harmony values. The results are discussed with reference to social dominance theory and the nature of the security value domain. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.