2002•Journal of Applied Social PsychologyRequires access

Explaining Conservative Beliefs and Political Preferences: A Comparison of Social Dominance Orientation and Authoritarianism

Alain Van Hiel, Ivan Mervielde

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The present study compares the predictive validity of the Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) scale and various measures of authoritarianism, conservative beliefs, and political preferences. In accordance with previous studies, SDO and authoritarianism independently predicted conservative beliefs. Political preferences and extreme right‐wing voting was best predicted by SDO. Unlike previous research, high positive correlations between SDO and the various authoritarianism scales were found. The relationship between SDO and authoritarianism is discussed.

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Key concepts: Social dominance orientation, Authoritarianism, Psychology, Dominance (genetics), Social psychology, Politics, Voting, Biology and political orientation