Childhood punishment and parental anger do not predict social dominance orientation.

Evidence

The efforts to find childhood antecedents of a social dominance orientation proved less successful. Students responded to the question about physical punishment by checking one of seven categories running from “Never” to “Practically every day.” The median response was “Three, four, or five times,” and SDO scores proved unrelated to these answers. High SDOs also did not seem to have had angrier parents than low SDOs did (−.06). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 974 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

If Lou and Hugh go to my university and take introductory psychology, bet on Lou to score pretty low on the RWA Scale, and Hugh to be a definite High. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1050 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Early physical punishment does not predict later social dominance orientation. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 974; Restrictive versus egalitarian childrearing predicts later authoritarian attitudes — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1050; Fear learned in childhood drives authoritarian aggression

Broader Connections

• Early physical punishment does not predict later social dominance orientation. #corroborates (0.97) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 974
• Restrictive versus egalitarian childrearing predicts later authoritarian attitudes #complicates (0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1050
• Fear learned in childhood drives authoritarian aggression #complicates (0.72)