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CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY AND AMBIVALENT SEXISM
Andrew N. Christopher and Melinda S. Mull
Albion College

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 10, 1386-1399 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205276085
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What’s in a Grade? Academic Success and Political Orientation
Markus Kemmelmeier

University of Nevada, markusk@unr.edu

Cherry Danielson

Wabash College

Jay Basten

University of Michigan

Expanding the literature on person-environment fit, the authors argue that political orientation is an important factor in shaping academic success in college. Based on social dominance theory, it was expected that academic disciplines that are more likely to provide students with future access to social and economic power tend to favor individuals who hold attitudes that strengthen the existing societal order. In a longitudinal sample of undergraduate students at a major American university(n = 3,890), the authors demonstrated that student grades in these disciplines, but not in other disciplines, are positively related to a precollege measure of conservatism. This association between conservatism is consistent over time and subgroups, thus implicating higher education in the reproduction of social hierarchy. The discussion examines the causal processes underlying the relationship between political orientation and academic success in college.

Wiley InterScience: Journal: Abstract: "European Journal of Personality
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 155 - 168

Published Online: 2 Mar 2006

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Does materialism predict racism? materialism as a distinctive social attitude and a predictor of prejudice
Arne Roets *, Alain Van Hiel, Ilse Cornelis
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
email: Arne Roets (Arne.Roets@Ugent.be)

*Correspondence to Arne Roets, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Abstract
Previous research reported that Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) constitute the individual's ideological space and are strong dispositional determinants of racism. In the present study, materialism was examined as a third social attitude and a potential predictor of racism. In a student (N = 183) and heterogeneous adult sample (N = 176) analyses revealed that RWA, SDO and materialism constitute three separate dimensions and that each of them explains a unique part of the variance in racism. In addition, Structural Equation Modelling showed that the relationship between materialism and racism was largely mediated by selfish motives. In the discussion we go further into the role of materialism as a third social attitudinal dimension. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Received: 6 June 2004; Accepted: 25 May 2005"

Wiley InterScience: Journal: Abstract: "Does materialism predict racism? materialism as a distinctive social attitude and a predictor of prejudice
Arne Roets *, Alain Van Hiel, Ilse Cornelis
Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
email: Arne Roets (Arne.Roets@Ugent.be)

*Correspondence to Arne Roets, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Abstract
Previous research reported that Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) constitute the individual's ideological space and are strong dispositional determinants of racism. In the present study, materialism was examined as a third social attitude and a potential predictor of racism. In a student (N = 183) and heterogeneous adult sample (N = 176) analyses revealed that RWA, SDO and materialism constitute three separate dimensions and that each of them explains a unique part of the variance in racism. In addition, Structural Equation Modelling showed that the relationship between materialism and racism was largely mediated by selfish motives. In the discussion we go further into the role of materialism as a third social attitudinal dimension. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Received: 6 June 2004; Accepted: 25 May 2005"

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. - Basic and Applied Social Psychology - 27(3):187 - Abstract: "Abstract
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
2005, Vol. 27, No. 3, Pages 187-200
(doi:10.1207/s15324834basp2703_1)

On the Correlation Between Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation

Michele Roccato​‌
University of Turin
Luca Ricolfi​‌
University of Turin



In 4 studies, we analyzed the correlation between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO). In the 1st study, we meta-analyzed the research studies published on the correlation between RWA and SDO. In the other 3—2 with political militant samples and 1 with a student sample—we analyzed this relationship in Italy. The correlation between RWA and SDO was greater in countries characterized by strong, rather than weak, ideological contrasts and, only in countries with strong ideological contrast, greater in adult, rather than student, samples. In Italy, the correlation between RWA and SDO was strong, positive, and stable in the student sample. However, in our militant samples 3 different patterns of correlations were found: (a) positive, (b) nearly zero, and (c) negative. The subsamples in which the correlation was negative were made up of rightist militants with a relatively avoidant and not secure attachment style. Limits and future developments of this research are discussed."

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What matters most to prejudice: Big Five personality, Social Dominance Orientation, or Right-Wing Authoritarianism?
Bo Ekehammar 1 *, Nazar Akrami 1, Magnus Gylje 1, Ingrid Zakrisson 2
1Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
2Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden
email: Bo Ekehammar (Bo.Ekehammar@psyk.uu.se)

*Correspondence to Bo Ekehammar, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, SE-751 42 Uppsala, Sweden.

Conference: 5 Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Manila, July 2003 to July 2003.

Funded by:
Swedish Research Council; Grant Number: 421-2002-2849

Abstract
Whereas previous research has studied the relation of either (i) personality with prejudice, (ii) personality with social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), or (iii) SDO and RWA with prejudice, the present research integrates all approaches within the same model. In our study (N = 183), various causal models of the relationships among the Big Five, SDO, RWA, and Generalized Prejudice are proposed and tested. Generalized Prejudice scores were obtained from a factor analysis of the scores on various prejudice instruments (racism, sexism, prejudice toward homosexuals, and mentally disabled people), which yielded a one-factor solution. The best-fitting causal model, which was our suggested hypothetical model, showed that Big Five personality had no direct effect on Generalized Prejudice but an indirect effect transmitted through RWA and SDO, where RWA seems to capture personality aspects to a greater extent than SDO. Specifically, Generalized Prejudice was affected indirectly by Extraversion, Openness to Experience, and Conscientiousness through RWA, and by Agreeableness through SDO, whereas Neuroticism had no effect at all. The results are discussed against the background of previous research and the personality and social psychology approaches t"

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Research Article
Right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation and personality: an analysis using the IPIP measure
Patrick C. L. Heaven *, Sandra Bucci
Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
email: Patrick C. L. Heaven (patrick_heaven@uow.edu.au)

*Correspondence to Patrick C. L. Heaven, Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

Abstract
Although both right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) have been found to predict racial and intergroup prejudice, previous research has suggested that RWA and SDO have quite distinct psychological features. We therefore examined the Big Five personality correlates of these two measures using facet scales from the International Personality Item Pool measure. Respondents were 220 university undergraduate volunteers. Significant sex differences were noted with respect to SDO and some facet scales. A series of analyses supported the view that RWA and SDO are aligned with different personality traits, while the discussion centred on the psychological profile of authoritarians and dominators. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Received: 22 November 1999; Accepted: 24 May 2000

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SpringerLink - Article: "Happiness, Materialism, and Religious Experience in the US AND SINGAPORE

William R. Swinyard, Ah-Keng Kau and Hui-Yin Phua

Abstract This study examines relationships between three central human concepts. From national probability samples of adults in the United States and in Singapore, we measured happiness, materialism (operationalized as the three sub-scales of possession-defined success, acquisition centrality, and acquisition as the pursuit of happiness), and religious experience (using three scales measuring intrinsic religiosity, extrinsic religiosity, and religion as quest). It was expected and found that happiness is negatively related to overall materialism in both the US and in Singapore, although happiness' relationship with the three materialism sub-scales was mixed. We observed that adults in Singapore are less happy and more materialistic than those in the US It was expected that happiness would have a positive relationship with intrinsic religiosity and extrinsic religiosity, but a negative relationship with religion as quest. Though our results largely support these hypotheses, they produce some unexpected differences between the two countries and across the three religiosity dimensions. We conclude that happiness is not associated with people's material accumulation but with their perceived inner world. And happy people see their religion not so much as something they ldquodordquo as what they ldquoarerdquo.

happiness - satisfaction - intrinsic - extrinsic - materislism - religion - Singapore"

Ovid: Ryan: J Pers Soc Psychol, Volume 65(3).September 1993.586–596: "Two Types of Religious Internalization and Their Relations to Religious Orientations and Mental Health
[Personality Processes and Individual Differences]

Ryan, Richard M.1,2; Rigby, Scott1; King, Kristi1
1Department of Psychology, University of Rochester.
2Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Richard M. Ryan, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0001.
Part of this project was made possible by the cooperation of the New York Bible Society and its Summer Project participants. We also thank Edward Deci, John Lynch, Cynthia Powelson, Elizabeth Whitehead, and all the other members of the Human Motivation Group who made inputs to this research. The work was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD19914) and the National Institute of Mental Health (MH18922) to the Human Motivation Program, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester.
Received Date: October 17, 1992; Revised Date: March 1, 1993; Accepted Date: March 2, 1993"


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The primary focus of much of my research has distinguished between two types of goals. Extrinsic, materialistic goals (e.g., financial success, image, popularity) are those focused on attaining rewards and praise, and are usually means to some other end. Intrinsic goals (e.g., personal growth, affiliation, community feeling) are, in contrast, more focused on pursuits that are supportive of intrinsic need satisfaction."