Associations of Parental and Peer Characteristics with Adolescents’ Social Dominance Orientation

Social Dominance and Sexual Orientation

Summary Heterosexual males are reported to display higher levels of physical aggression and lower levels of empathy than homosexual males. A characteristic linked to both aggression and empathy is social dominance orientation (SDO). A significant sex difference has been reported for SDO, with heterosexual males scoring higher than heterosexual females. The precise relationship between dominance...

Meal patterns among children and adolescents and their associations with weight status and parental characteristics.

OBJECTIVES To describe the meal patterns of Jena schoolchildren and their associations with children's weight status and parental characteristics. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Twenty schools in Jena (100,000 inhabitants), south-east Germany. SUBJECTS A total of 2054 schoolchildren aged 7-14 years with information on BMI standard deviation score (BMI-SDS) and weight status (based ...

Social dominance orientation: Cause or ‘mere effect’?

Parental attitudes and social competence in adolescents.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationships among perceived parental attitudes and domains of social competence in late adolescents. Forty boys and 40 girls, all aged 18, representing a population sample of high school second graders were examined. Self-report data were collected using questionnaires of parent-child relations and of social competence. Analyses detected a significant ...

Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation, and Prejudice

Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation have been proposed as 2 major individualdifference variables underlying prejudice. This study examined the relationships of these variables to 3 forms of prejudice—affective responses, stereotyping, and attitudes toward equality enhancement— directed at 2 social groups—African Americans and homosexuals. Canonical correlation analyses ...