Hierarchical, equal and contradictive: social position of adolescents and guidance for social dominance
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dominance, social structure, social behavior, power, social groups.Abstract
The study assesses correlations among hierarchical conceptions of group relationships and students’ social position. The concept of social dominance orientation (SDO) deals with the acceptance of domination and hierarchy between groups. The research had 663 students from Uberlandia-MG, with a mean of 16 years of age who completed a questionnaire with an adaptation of the Social Dominance Orientation Scale and questions relative to mothers’ schooling, sex and family income. Results from cluster analysis suggest three patterns: adolescents who support egalitarian relationships between groups; the opposite pattern, which approves of a society with dominant and dominated groups; and a contradictory position, which favors egalitarian aspects but denies that groups are equal. Discussion is centered on the sex and schooling factors and their association with SDO, and on the interpretation of the contradictory profile that defends restricted equality.
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