TY - JOUR
T1 - Sources of Stability in Social and Economic Ideological Orientations
T2 - Cohort, Context, and Construct Effects
AU - Ksiazkiewicz, Aleksander
AU - Klemmensen, Robert
AU - Dawes, Christopher T.
AU - Christensen, Kaare
AU - McGue, Matt
AU - Krueger, Robert
AU - Nørgaard, Asbjørn Sonne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Existing research shows that ideological orientations are stable after young adulthood. Extending research on the sources of ideological stability, we examine social and economic ideology over a 3- to 4-year period in two twin panels (one Danish and one American). We find evidence for the importance of genetic influences and individual life experiences on the stability of social ideology in both contexts; shared environmental factors play an important role in the younger, Danish sample only. For economic ideology, genetic factors contribute to stability in the American sample only. Our findings show that the role of genetic and environmental factors in the stability of ideological orientations varies by type of ideology, national context, and, possibly, age cohort.
AB - Existing research shows that ideological orientations are stable after young adulthood. Extending research on the sources of ideological stability, we examine social and economic ideology over a 3- to 4-year period in two twin panels (one Danish and one American). We find evidence for the importance of genetic influences and individual life experiences on the stability of social ideology in both contexts; shared environmental factors play an important role in the younger, Danish sample only. For economic ideology, genetic factors contribute to stability in the American sample only. Our findings show that the role of genetic and environmental factors in the stability of ideological orientations varies by type of ideology, national context, and, possibly, age cohort.
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U2 - 10.1093/ijpor/edz047
DO - 10.1093/ijpor/edz047
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102421163
SN - 0954-2892
VL - 32
SP - 711
EP - 731
JO - International Journal of Public Opinion Research
JF - International Journal of Public Opinion Research
IS - 4
ER -