Rigid distant fathers and self-sacrificing mothers raise children prone to authoritarian personality

Evidence

The trait was causally associated with child rearing and family constellation in early life: with fathers who had been distant, hardworking, dominant, and serious, and mothers who had been moralistic, kind, and self-sacrificing. When grown, the offspring of such couples idealized their parents. They had strong superegos, expressed in punitiveness, ethnocentrism, and orthodox moral­ ity; and weak egos, shown by the use of repression, denial, and projection, as well as a tendency to superstition and stereotyping and an emphasis on power and toughness. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 443

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Rigid cognitive style drives authoritarianism but not prejudice directly — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 471; Authoritarian parenting produces children unable to manage aggression or form intimate bonds — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1779; Overtly punitive family socialization was theorized to produce authoritarian personality — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 398 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• A permissive, secure childhood produces tolerant personalities, harsh discipline authoritarian ones #corroborates (0.90)
• Harsh child-rearing produces an authoritarian personality supporting discriminatory politics. #corroborates (0.88) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 450
• Overtly punitive family socialization was theorized to produce authoritarian personality #corroborates (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 398
• Authoritarianism arises from social learning about threat, not harsh parenting #contradicts (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2451
• Authoritarian parenting produces children unable to manage aggression or form intimate bonds #expands (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1779
• Twins reared apart show authoritarianism is almost entirely heritable #contradicts (0.82) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 955
• Authoritarian personality patterns are observable in children by age ten. #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 650
• Fear learned in childhood drives authoritarian aggression #expands (0.80)
• Early parenting style shapes lifelong tolerance versus authoritarianism #expands (0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2431
• Authoritarianism is operationalized through childrearing values rather than politics #expands (0.78)
• Right-wing authoritarianism forms as a personality trait only in adolescence #qualifies (0.75)