The role of social dominance, right-wing authoritarianism and gender role beliefs in explaining the modern prejudice towards homosexuals

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati ulogu socijalne dominacije, desničarske autoritarnosti i stavova prema rodnim ulogama u predviđanju modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama u Republici Hrvatskoj. Uzorak je bio prigodan i prikupljen on-line metodom te se sastojao od 1167 sudionika; 831 žene i 336 muškaraca. Kao mjerni instrument korišteni su Skala stavova o jednakosti rodnih uloga (Kamenov, Jelić i Jugović,2010), Skala desničarske autoritarnosti (Zackrisson, 2005), Skala socijalne dominacije (Pratto i Sidanius, 1994) i Skala modernog rasizma (Lauri, 1999; prema Löw, 2009). Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju kako postoje značajne povezanosti socijalne dominacije,desničarske autoritarnosti i stavova prema rodnim ulogama sa modernim predrasudama prema homoseksualnim osobama. Socijalna dominacija, desničarska autoritarnost i stavovi prema rodnim ulogama imaju značajan doprinos u objašnjavanju varijance modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama. Pomoću ova tri prediktora možemo objasniti 26.5% varijance kriterija. Desničarska autoritarnost je najbolji pojedinačni prediktor modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama. Također, stavovi prema rodnim ulogama su istovremeno i značajan djelomičan medijator i moderator povezanosti između desničarske autoritarnosti i modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama te socijalne dominacije i modernih predrasuda prema homoseksualnim osobama.The aim of this study was to examine the role of social dominance orientation, right-wing authoritarianism and gender role beliefs in predicting the modern prejudice towards gay and lesbian population in the Republic of Croatia. The convenience sample was collected on-line and it comprised 1167 participants: 831 females and 336 males. As the measuring instrument we used Attitudes about equality of gender roles scale (Kamenov, Jelić i Jugović, 2010), Right-wing authoritarianism (Zackrisson, 2005), Social Dominance Orientation Scale - SDO5 (Pratto i sur., 1994) and Modern Racism Scale (McConahey,1986). The results show that social domination orientation, right-wing authoritarianism and gender role beliefs correlate significantly with modern prejudices towards homosexuals. All three predictors played important roles in predicting modern prejudices. Together they explain 26.5% of modern prejudice toward homosexuals. The right-wing authoritarianism is the single biggest predictor of modern prejudice towards homosexuals. Gender role beliefs at the same time partially mediate and moderate the relationship between social dominance orientation and modern prejudice towards homosexuals, as well as between right-wing authoritarianism and modern prejudice towards homosexuals