Familial Transmission of Authoritarian Conservatism: Genetic inheritance or cultural transmission?

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-126

  Shikishima, Chizuru ^a   Yamagata, Shinji ^a   Takahashi, Yusuke ^a   Ando, Juko ^a   Ozaki, Koken ^b   Nonaka, Koichi ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c WAKO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Authoritarian conservatism; Behavior genetics; Social attitude; Twin

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249103642     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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