Age differences in conservatism

Truett, Kim R.

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(93)90309-q

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“…Consistent with previous research (Huddy et al 2000;Nelson 1988;Spence and Helmreich 1972;Thornton et al 1983;Truett 1992), results demonstrated that when compared to their older adult relatives, the U.S. college students in the present study were more liberal in their political orientation, religiosity, and attitudes towards women. It appears that regardless of gender, the younger adults were more willing to agree with positive responses about feminism and the women's movement.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Older and Younger Adults’ Attitudes Toward Feminism: The Influence of Religiosity, Political Orientation, Gender, Education, and Family

2011

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The present study explored attitudes toward feminism in 245 U.S. college students and their older relatives. Participants completed a scale of attitudes towards feminism, political orientation, a religiosity measure, and a demographic questionnaire. Results indicated that older adults were more conservative than younger adults on their attitudes towards feminism, religiosity, and political orientation measures. In the young adult sample, attitudes towards feminism were predicted by gender and political orientation, compared to older adults in which religiosity and political orientation were the best predictors. When exploring generational influence, older adults' attitudes and demographic information were not associated with younger adults' attitudes towards feminism and the women's movement. In contrast, young adults' political views were associated with older adults' attitudes towards feminism.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Older and Younger Adults’ Attitudes Toward Feminism: The Influence of Religiosity, Political Orientation, Gender, Education, and Family

2011

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“…There are no sex differences in appreciation of the structure-dominated humor scales (Ruch & Hehl, 1985;. This is in line with the results found for conservatism and experience seeking (Zuckerman, 1979;Truett, 1993). There is, however, a tendency for males to give higher funniness and lower aversiveness ratings to sexual humor (Ruch & Hehl, 1985).…”

Section: Personality Correlates Of Humor Appreciationsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…These hypotheses were confirmed in a large scale study . They are in agreement with the age differences in conservatism and experience seeking (Truett, 1993;Zuckerman, 1979).…”

Section: Personality Correlates Of Humor Appreciationsupporting

confidence: 74%

Sensation seeking, social attitudes and humor appreciation in Italy

Forabosco¹,

Ruch

1994

Personality and Individual Differences

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The present study examines the role of sensation seeking, conservatism, toughmindedness, sex, and age in appreciation of humor in Italian adults. A sample of 100 females and 48 males responded to Italian adaptations of the 3 WD humor test, Form V of the sensation seeking scale, and the C-Scale. Funniness of incongruity-resolution humor correlated positively with conservatism, female sex, and age, and negatively with all components of sensation seeking. Funniness of nonsense humor correlated positively with experience seeking, general sensation seeking, and male sex and negatively with conservatism. Funniness of sexual content in humor correlated positively with male sex, disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, and toughmindedness. Aversiveness of humor yielded less significant correlations. Conservatism, sensation seeking, and age were potent predictors of structure preference. The investigation of indices of appreciation of sexual content in humor confirmed that structure and content have to be separated both theoretically and empirically in appreciation of sexual humor. Finally, the attitudes held by individuals appreciating a particular type of humor were explored. The results allow the conclusion that appreciation of humor is embedded into a similar nomological network in Italy than in other countries studied. Summary-The present study examines the role of sensation seeking, conservatism, toughmindedness, sex, and age in appreciation of humor in Italian adults. A sample of 100 females and 48 males responded to Italian adaptations of the 3 WD humor test (Ruch 1983), Form V of the sensation seeking scale (Zuckerman, 1979), and the C-Scale (Wilson & Patterson, 1970). Funniness of incongruity-resolution humor correlated positively with conservatism, female sex, and age, and negatively with all components of sensation seeking. Funniness of nonsense humor correlated positively with experience seeking, general sensation seeking, and male sex and negatively with conservatism. Funniness of sexual content in humor correlated positively with male sex, disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, and toughmindedness. Aversiveness of humor yielded less significant correlations. Conservatism, sensation seeking, and age were potent predictors of structure preference. The investigation of indices of appreciation of sexual content in humor confirmed that structure and content have to be separated both theoretically and empirically in appreciation of sexual humor. Finally, the attitudes held by individuals appreciating a particular type of humor were explored. The results allow the conclusion that appreciation of humor appreciation is embedded into a similar nomological network in Italy than in other countries studied.Humor appreciation in Italy, -2 -

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“…Therefore, we restrict the age effect in our models. Scholars generally agree that age is positively associated with more conservative attitudes in different domains (Truett 1993). Moreover, according to post-materialism theory, cohort-effects are expected.…”

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Homonegativity among first and second generation migrants in Europe: The interplay of time trends, origin, destination and religion

Bracht

Putte

2014

Social Science Research

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Previous studies reported declining disapproval of homosexuality in Europe but have simultaneously identified the decelerating effect of religiosity and the higher disapproval of homosexuality among migrants. In this paper, we address disapproval of homosexuality among first-and second-generation migrants in Europe by assessing (1) period and cohort changes, (2) origin and destination country influences and (3) the role of religiosity. We develop a specific cross-classified multilevel design enabling us to simultaneously examine these influences. We test hypotheses using a subsample of the European Social Survey (ESS), containing 19,878 first and second generation migrants. The analyses lead to three important conclusions. Firstly, disapproval of homosexuality is declining both over time and across cohorts. Secondly, migrants conform to levels of disapproval of homosexuality among natives in the destination country, and this explains the decline among migrants over time.Thirdly, religion has a multi-faceted influence on levels of disapproval of homosexuality among migrants.

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Age differences in conservatism

Cited by 106 publications

References 6 publications

Older and Younger Adults’ Attitudes Toward Feminism: The Influence of Religiosity, Political Orientation, Gender, Education, and Family

Older and Younger Adults’ Attitudes Toward Feminism: The Influence of Religiosity, Political Orientation, Gender, Education, and Family

Sensation seeking, social attitudes and humor appreciation in Italy

Homonegativity among first and second generation migrants in Europe: The interplay of time trends, origin, destination and religion

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