Social dominance orientation hinders pre-service teachers' inclusive teaching intentions: the chain-mediating effect of intergroup anxiety and inclusive attitudes.

Objectives: Pre-service teachers' preferences for hierarchy and inequality (reflected in their social dominance orientation) may negatively impact their inclusive teaching intentions. However, how this preference influences their intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms is unknown. This study aim...

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Published in:International Journal of Developmental Disabilities Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 547 - 560
Main Authors: Lu, Minghui, Peng, Tianyu, Pang, Feifan, Liu, Lijia, Tan, Yingyan
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2026
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          Lu, Minghui
          Peng, Tianyu
          Pang, Feifan
          Liu, Lijia
          Tan, Yingyan
        affil: School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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          Teachers Psychosocial Factors
          Social Dominance Evaluation
          Faculty Attitudes Evaluation
          Teaching Methods
          Mainstreaming (Education)
          Interpersonal Relations
          Anxiety
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          Male
          Female
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Descriptive Statistics
          Confidence Intervals
          Students with Disabilities
          Attitude to Disability
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          Summated Rating Scaling
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Coefficient alpha
          Data Analysis Software
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
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      ab: Objectives: Pre-service teachers' preferences for hierarchy and inequality (reflected in their social dominance orientation) may negatively impact their inclusive teaching intentions. However, how this preference influences their intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms is unknown. This study aimed to test the chain-mediating effect of intergroup anxiety and attitudes toward inclusion between social dominance orientation (SDO) and intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms among Chinese pre-service teachers. Methods: In total, 582 pre-service teachers were recruited and administered scales that measured SDO, intergroup anxiety related to students with disabilities, attitudes toward inclusion, and inclusive teaching intentions. Results: (1) Pre-service teachers' SDO, intergroup anxiety, and attitudes toward inclusion were significantly correlated with inclusive teaching intentions. (2) Intergroup anxiety and attitudes toward inclusion played a chain-mediating role between SDO and inclusive teaching intentions. Conclusions: Pre-service teachers' SDO influenced inclusive teaching intentions both directly and indirectly through the mediating role of intergroup anxiety and attitudes toward inclusion.
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