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Who opposes rights for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities?
Author(s) -
Crowson H. Michael,
Brandes Joyce A.,
Hurst Rebecca J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12046
Subject(s) - social dominance orientation , authoritarianism , psychology , social psychology , opposition (politics) , civil rights , prejudice (legal term) , intellectual disability , dominance (genetics) , human rights , context (archaeology) , political science , politics , law , democracy , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , gene , psychiatry
Research on human and civil rights has only rarely addressed people's attitudes toward disability rights in the context of American society. This study was designed to gain a better understanding of why certain individuals might oppose expanded rights for people who have disabilities. Pearson's correlations revealed that individuals high on social dominance orientation ( SDO ) and right‐wing authoritarianism ( RWA ) were more likely to reject rights for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities than individuals scoring lower on these factors. Structural equation analyses indicated that both SDO and RWA are directly implicated in opposition to expanded rights for these groups. Moreover, the effects of SDO on rights attitudes appear to be mediated through internal motivation to respond without prejudice.