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Socioeconomic status, perceived parental control, and authoritarianism: Development of authoritarianism in I ranian society
Author(s) -
Heydari Arash,
Teymoori Ali,
Haghish E. F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/ajsp.12027
Subject(s) - authoritarianism , socioeconomic status , psychology , shahid , perceived control , developmental psychology , control (management) , social psychology , demography , political science , sociology , politics , economics , population , management , law , democracy
The purpose of the current study is to examine the relationship between socioeconomic status, parental control, and authoritarianism in I ran. A sample of 460 students was surveyed from S hahid C hamran U niversity of A hvaz in I ran. Results demonstrated that subjective socioeconomic status, parental control, and parents' education have significant influence on authoritarianism. Further analysis showed that parental control partially mediates parents' education association with authoritarianism with a relatively high effect size. These findings highlight the importance of parental control and socioeconomic status in the development of authoritarianism in I ran. Furthermore, the higher authoritarianism of low socioeconomic status is mostly due to lower education levels rather than the income of the family. The findings were discussed with regards to literature as well as the socio‐cultural sphere of I ran.