Empathy, Social Dominance Orientation, Mortality Salience, and Perceptions of a Criminal Defendant
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: SAGE Open
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2158-2440,2158-2440
DOI: 10.1177/2158244016629185