Factors in the Relationship Between Social Status and the Personality Adjustment of the Child

Abstract

tions often give rise to a less favorable view of human nature. (b) They help to create skepticism about the possibility of kindly and supportive political authority. (c) They encourage a cynical view of the political process: it is seen in terms of corrupt men seeking their own ends. 6. The history, political style, and future development of a political community reflect the quality of the relationship between fathers and sons. The permissive yet supportive character of modal father-son relationships in the United States contributes to the following features of the American political style: (a) a relatively high consensualism combined with a capacity for direct and uninhibited criticism; (b) a relatively large amount of interest and political information combined with relatively low emotional commitment; and (c) a relatively strong idealism in foreign affairs (and in general social outlook).