Measuring social dominance orientation amongst entering first-year students at a higher education institution in the Free State

[摘要] English: Entering first-year students at a higher education institution were used to measure levels of socialdominance orientation (SDO). The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in SDO forvarious demographic groups. Statistical significance was found for race and gender's influence on SDO,but residence had no statistical significant influence on levels of SDO. In this study significantdifferences for the main effects of race and gender, as well as the interaction between race and gender interms of SDO were found. According to the results found in this study, Whites are still the perceivedhigher social status group compared to the other racial groups.

[发布机构] University of the Free State