Father-son inter-generational transmission of authoritarian paternal attitudes

The present research was conducted to determine authoritarian paternal attitude inter-generational transmission. Factor analysis of the results suggested that authoritarian paternal attitudes could be indicated in terms of five factors, namely: Dominant, Rigidity, Conformity, Intolerant, and Uncreative. In general, the sons expressed strongly the authoritarian attitudes of the fathers. Moreover, there were few significant differences between the paternal attitudes of the fathers and sons.