Citation

Oosterhoff B, Shook NJ, Clay R, Metzger A. Person. Soc. Psychol. Bull. 2017; 43(9): 1296-1310.

Affiliation

2 West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0146167217711937

PMID

28903682

Abstract

Using a dual-process model (DPM) framework, this research examined whether right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) are differentially associated with adolescent delinquency. In Study 1 ( N = 847; Mage = 15.96) and Study 2 ( N = 340; Mage = 16.64), adolescents completed measures of RWA, SDO, and engagement in different forms of delinquency. In Study 2, adolescents also reported their beliefs about obeying different laws. Across both studies, adolescents who endorsed greater RWA engaged in lower levels of delinquency and those who endorsed greater SDO engaged in higher levels of delinquency.

FINDINGS from Study 2 suggest that these associations are contingent on the domain-specific purpose of the law being violated and are also present with adolescents' beliefs about their obligation to obey laws. These results extend the DPM, demonstrating that RWA and SDO are differentially linked with youth delinquency.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent delinquency; dual-process model; right-wing authoritarianism; social dominance orientation