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Reassessing Parental Socialization: Indicator Unreliability Versus Generational Transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Russell J. Dalton
Russell J. Dalton*
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Florida State University
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Abstract

This article challenges recent socialization research which concludes that the family's influence is primarily limited to the generational transfer of partisan values. We first present a new conceptual approach for studying parent-child agreement. Then, we apply a multiple indicator methodology (LISREL) to operationalize this approach. Reanalysis of the Jennings and Niemi socialization survey finds quite substantial levels of family agreement in areas besides partisanship. These results argue for greater attention to the significance of family socialization, and to the persistence of political beliefs across generations.

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Research Article
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American Political Science Review , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 421 - 431
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1980

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