Social dominance orientation: Cause or 'mere effect'?. Evidence for SDO as a causal predictor of prejudice and discrimination against ethnic and racial outgroups

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 208-214

  Kteily, Nour S ^a   Sidanius, Jim ^a   Levin, Shana ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross lag analysis; Discrimination; Intergroup relations; Prejudice; Social dominance orientation; Social dominance theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650031399     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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