The intergenerational transmission of authoritarianism: The mediating role of parental goal promotion

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-642

  Duriez, Bart ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitude similarity; Authoritarianism; Parent goal promotion; Social Dominance Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249104743     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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