If They Can’t Change, Why Support Change? Implicit Theories About Groups, Social Dominance Orientation and Political Identity

If They Can’t Change, Why Support Change? Implicit Theories About Groups, Social Dominance Orientation and Political Identity

In three studies across three cultures (U.S., Sweden, and Israel), we examine whether implicit theories about groups are associated with political identity and whether this relationship is mediated by Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). Study 1 found that raising the salience of entity beliefs leads...

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Main Authors: Dennis T. Kahn, Michal Reifen Tagar, Eran Halperin, Martin Bäckström, Joseph A. Vitriol, Varda Liberman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
implicit theories about groups
group malleability
political identity
political ideology
social dominance orientation
political psychology
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/752

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