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To evaluate the durability, mechanisms, and long-term developmental consequences of political socialization across three generations within American families.

July 1, 2009The Journal of Politics

Politics across Generations: Family Transmission Reexamined

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MJM. Kent JenningsLinde (United States)LSLaura StokerBerkeley College JBJake BowersLoughborough University

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Longitudinal study demonstrates consistent transmission of political orientations across three generations of Americans, indicating durable family socialization over time.

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To evaluate the durability, mechanisms, and long-term developmental consequences of political socialization across three generations within American families.
Analyzed longitudinal survey data spanning three generations of American families, comparing cohorts socialized in the 1960s with those coming of age in the 1990s.
Evaluated parental influence and transmission congruence based on social learning theory frameworks while incorporating extensive control variables.
Parental influence patterns among youth in the 1990s strongly paralleled those observed in the 1960s, demonstrating the ongoing robustness of the direct transmission model.
Transmission succeeded most consistently when families were highly politicized, parents offered stable cues over time, and the traits were concrete, salient, and affect-laden.
Early childhood acquisition of parental political attributes established a durable foundation that steered subsequent adult political development.

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Jennings et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dff5766ea3fbd8f9e9bf73 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022381609090719

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Longitudinal study demonstrates consistent transmission of political orientations across three generations of Americans, indicating durable family socialization over time.

Politics across Generations: Family Transmission Reexamined

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Politics across Generations: Family Transmission Reexamined

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