ORIENTATION OF SOCIAL DOMINANCE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
ORIENTATION OF SOCIAL DOMINANCE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Summary/Abstract: The increase in the number of people with intellectual disabilities further creates more or less satisfactory interactions between them and the population. Previous research has shown that this contact leads to negative attitudes toward them. This study aims to verify whether attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities vary depending on the orientation of social dominance. The results obtained from two hundred students from the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon show that the orientation of social dominance predicts negative effects, cognitions, and behaviors adopted towards the persons living with intellectual disabilities. Individuals who score high on the portrait social dominance orientation and/or pro trait anti-egalitarianism orientation of social dominance, develop tension, disgust, fear, or get up and leave when in the company of the latter. However, pity, serenity, sympathy, and the desire to converse are observed when the situation arises in a context where the respondent has a high social dominance countertrait and/or anti-egalitarianism countertrait score.

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