Social Dominance Orientation Predicts Opposition to Hierarchy-Attenuating Intergroup Apologies.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull
; 45(12): 1651-1665, 2019 12.
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| ID: mdl-30975023
ABSTRACT
People who value social hierarchy may resist giving intergroup apologies because such apologies may attenuate the very hierarchies that these people value. We tested this claim across four studies (total N = 541) by examining associations between social dominance orientation (SDO)-a measure of preference for social hierarchy-and support for intergroup apologies. We found that higher SDO scores, and specifically the antiegalitarianism subdimension (social dominance orientation-egalitarianism [SDO-E]), predicted less apology support among U.S. residents in both domestic (Study 1) and international (Study 2) contexts. In Study 3, we found that the effect generalizes to an Australian cultural context. In Study 4, we demonstrated that the negative effect of SDO-E can extend to third-party contexts and is only observed when apologizing would be hierarchy attenuating. These studies show that the desire to maintain social hierarchies is an important driver of opposition to hierarchy-attenuating intergroup apologies.
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Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Predominio Social
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Actitud
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Jerarquia Social
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pers Soc Psychol Bull
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia