Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation?

Radke, Helena R.M., Hornsey, Matthew J., Sibley, Chris, Thai, Michael, and Barlow, Fiona (2017) Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation? PLoS ONE, 12 (10). e0186612.

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Abstract

We investigate the extent to which minority group members are surrounded by outgroup members in their immediate environment as a predictor of social dominance orientation. Using a large representative sample of New Zealanders, we found that minority group members in outgroup dense environments reported lower levels of social dominance orientation (Study 1). In studies 2 and 3, Asian Australian and Black American participants who were surrounded by outgroup members reported lower social dominance orientation. For majority group (White) participants there was no association between social dominance orientation and outgroup density. Study 4 explained the overall pattern: Black Americans surrounded by outgroup members perceived their group to be of lower status in their immediate environment, and through this, reported lower social dominance orientation. This article adds to growing literature on contextual factors that predict social dominance orientation, especially among minority group members.

Item ID: 80779
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Copyright Information: © 2017 Radke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funders: Australian Research Council (ARC)
Projects and Grants: ARC FT150100147
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2023 00:59
FoR Codes: 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5205 Social and personality psychology > 520505 Social psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 100%
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