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The Impact of Need for Closure on Conservative Beliefs and Racism: Differential Mediation by Authoritarian Submission and Authoritarian Dominance

Alain van Hiel

Ghent University, Belgium, VanHiel{at}UGent.be

Mario Pandelaere

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Bart Duriez

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

The present study explores the influence of need for closure as well as authoritarian submission (Right-Wing Authoritarianism [RWA]) and authoritarian dominance (Social Dominance Orientation [SDO]) on the genesis of conservative beliefs and racism. For this purpose, two structural equation models were compared. In Model 1, RWA and SDO were entered as independent variables and the need for closure facets Decisiveness and Need for Simple Structure acted as mediator variables. In Model 2, the need for closure facets served as independent variables and RWA and SDO acted as mediators. In two student samples (Sample 1, N = 399, Sample 2, N = 330) and one adult sample (Sample 3, N = 379), Model 2 showed superior fit to the data. These results corroborate the hypothesis that authoritarianism should be interpreted in terms of generalized beliefs rather than in terms of personality characteristics. In addition, analyses show that the effects of Need for Simple Structure on conservative beliefs and racism are fully mediated by RWA but only partly by SDO. These results suggest a differential genesis of RWA and SDO.

Key Words: authoritarianism • social dominance orientation • cognitive conservatism • need for closure • conservatism • prejudice • racism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 7, 824-837 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264333
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