Dhont, Kristof, Roets, Arne, Van Hiel, Alain (2013) The intergenerational transmission of need for closure underlies the transmission of authoritarianism and anti-immigrant prejudice. Personality and Individual Differences, 54 (6). pp. 779-784. ISSN 0191-8869. (doi:10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.016) (KAR id:42822)
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Abstract
Previous research has identified need for closure (NFC) as an important motivational cognitive basis of authoritarianism and prejudice. However, to date, the role of NFC in the
intergenerational similarity in authoritarianism and prejudice has remained unclear. In a sample of 169 parent-child dyads, we investigated the similarity between parents and children
in NFC and tested whether this intergenerational similarity may account for the intergenerational similarity in authoritarianism and anti-immigrant prejudice. Our results revealed that parental levels of NFC were indeed concordant with the levels of NFC in their
children. Even more importantly, parental NFC was indirectly related to child authoritarianism and prejudice in two ways. The first pathway proceeded through the direct
relationships between parental and children’s levels of authoritarianism and prejudice. The
second pathway, however, bypassed parental levels of authoritarianism and prejudice and
proceeded through the intergenerational similarity in NFC. Our findings thus indicate that a
significant portion of children’s levels of authoritarianism and anti-immigrant prejudice can
be explained by parents–child similarity in motivated cognition. Implications for developmental theories of prejudice acquisition are discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.016 |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Kristof Dhont |
Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2014 18:44 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:17 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42822 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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