Who's the boss? Differential accessibility of dominance ideation in parent–child relationships

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ID6202984
AuthorsDaphne Blunt Bugental (California Department of Education), Judith E Lyons, Judith E Lyon, Jennifer Krantz, Victoria Cortez
Year1997
Volume72
Issue6
Pages1297-1309
Publication date1997-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.72.6.1297
OpenAlexW1975386981
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited24

The accessibility of dominance ideation (as opposed to other types of ideation) was measured among parents with high or low perceived power as caregivers. Parents made comparative judgments of self versus child under concurrent memory load or no-load conditions. As predicted, dominance comparisons were found to be highly accessible for low-power parents; that is, attentional load served to increase response latencies in all conditions except those in which low-power parents made dominance judgments. Under cognitive load, low-power parents (unlike high-power parents) rated child as more dominant than self; under no load, however, they rated self as more dominant than child. Decision reversals in the absence of cognitive load were interpreted as defensive corrections. Findings are discussed with respect to the elevated use of coercive control tactics by low-power parents

Boss · Developmental psychology · Differential (mechanical device) · Dominance (genetics) · Ideation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology

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