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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 10, 1425-1434 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205275614
© 2005 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

The Motivational Bases of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation: Relations to Values and Attitudes in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001

J. Christopher Cohrs

Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, crcohrs{at}phil.uni-erlangen.de

Barbara Moschner

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

Jürgen Maes

University of the German Armed Forces, Munich

Sven Kielmann

University of Trier, Germany

Research suggests that different motivational dynamics underlie right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO). These differences may be framed in the theory of basic human values. RWA may trace back to conservation versus openness-to-change values, and SDO to self-enhancement versus self-transcendence values. Based on a large-scale German survey, associations of RWA and SDO with personal values and attitudes in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, were analyzed. Results indicated that RWA related more strongly than SDO to conservation values and threat-related attitudes toward Islam as an expression of the motivational goals of social control and security, whereas RWA and SDO related equally to self-enhancement versus self-transcendence values and concern for negative consequences of military action as an expression of the motivational goal of altruistic concern. Thus, the motivational bases of RWA and SDO appear to be only partly different.

Key Words: right-wing authoritarianism • social dominance orientation • personal values • September 11th • political attitudes


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