Parenting and Politics: Exploring Early Moral Bases of Political Orientation
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Janoff-Bulman, Ronnie
Carnes, Nate C.
Sheikh, Sana
Abstract / Description
Based on Lakoff’s (2002) Strict Father and Nurturant Parent metaphors for political conservatism and liberalism respectively, two studies explored parenting styles, political ideology, and the moral orientations that might link the two. Restrictive parenting (by both mother and father) predicted political conservatism, and this path was mediated by a strong Social Order orientation (Study 1) reflecting, more broadly, an inhibition-based proscriptive morality (Study 2). Political liberalism was associated with a Social Justice orientation, but was not predicted by nurturant parenting in either study. Study 1 included mothers’ reports of their own parenting, and these were correlated with the students’ responses. Findings support a restrictive moral underpinning for conservatism, but raise questions about the assumed unique association between parental nurturance and political liberalism, which is addressed in the discussion.
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parenting politics morality liberal conservativePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-03-21
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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2
Issue
1
Page numbers
43–60
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Janoff-Bulman, R., Carnes, N. C., & Sheikh, S. (2014). Parenting and Politics: Exploring Early Moral Bases of Political Orientation. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2(1), 43–60. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v2i1.243
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Janoff-Bulman, Ronnie
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Carnes, Nate C.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sheikh, Sana
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Date of first publication2014-03-21
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Abstract / DescriptionBased on Lakoff’s (2002) Strict Father and Nurturant Parent metaphors for political conservatism and liberalism respectively, two studies explored parenting styles, political ideology, and the moral orientations that might link the two. Restrictive parenting (by both mother and father) predicted political conservatism, and this path was mediated by a strong Social Order orientation (Study 1) reflecting, more broadly, an inhibition-based proscriptive morality (Study 2). Political liberalism was associated with a Social Justice orientation, but was not predicted by nurturant parenting in either study. Study 1 included mothers’ reports of their own parenting, and these were correlated with the students’ responses. Findings support a restrictive moral underpinning for conservatism, but raise questions about the assumed unique association between parental nurturance and political liberalism, which is addressed in the discussion.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationJanoff-Bulman, R., Carnes, N. C., & Sheikh, S. (2014). Parenting and Politics: Exploring Early Moral Bases of Political Orientation. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2(1), 43–60. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v2i1.243en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1330
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1789
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v2i1.243
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Keyword(s)parentingen_US
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Keyword(s)politicsen_US
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Keyword(s)moralityen_US
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Keyword(s)liberalen_US
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Keyword(s)conservativeen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleParenting and Politics: Exploring Early Moral Bases of Political Orientationen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers43–60
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Volume2
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