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The socialization of hierarchic self-interest

Value socialization in the family

Andreas Hadjar is senior lecturer at the Sociology of Education Department, University of Bern (Switzerland), since 2004. He studied sociology and journalism at Leipzig University (Germany) and received his MA degree in 1998. He was a visiting student at Glasgow University, UK, in 1995–96. From 2000 to 2004, he worked as a research scientist at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Sociology Department (Germany), and did his PhD in 2003. His research interests include political sociology, sociology of education, methods of empirical research. Address: Department of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University of Bern, Muesmattstrasse 27, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. [email: andreas.hadjar{at}edu.unibe.ch]

Dirk Baier

Dirk Baier is a Research Associate at the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony in Hannover, Germany. He holds an MA-equivalent degree in sociology. His employment history encompasses positions as a research associate and as a lecturer at the Department of Sociology of Chemnitz University of Technology. His research interests are youth delinquency and right-wing extremism. Address: Criminological Research Institute, Lower Saxony, Lützerodestrasse 9, D-30161 Hannover. Germany. [email: dirk.baier{at}kfn.uni-hannover.de]

Klaus Boehnke

Klaus Boehnke is Professor of Social Science Methodology at Jacobs University Bremen. He holds MA-equivalent degrees in English and Russian as well as in Psychology. In 1985 he received his PhD in Psychology from Berlin University of Technology. Prior positions include assistant and — following habilitation — associate professorships at the Free University of Berlin, and a full professorship at the Department of Sociology of Chemnitz University of Technology. His research interests include political sociology and psychology. Address: Professor of Social Science Methodology, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, D-28759 Bremen, Germany. [email: k.boehnke{at}jacobs-university.de]

The article reports research on family socialization of dominance values among adolescents. Dominance values were studied as expressed in Hierarchic Self-Interest (HSI), a value pattern that is typical for highly competitive market-oriented societies and has negative behavioural consequences. In analyzing socialization, the study concentrates on authoritarian and achievement-focused parenting, as well as structural and ideological predictors thereof. The relevance of HSI for attitudes and behaviours is studied by considering xenophobia and delinquency as its consequences. Using panel data of 443 families (mothers, fathers, and adolescent offspring) from Berlin (Germany), a structural equation model is estimated. Results show that adolescent HSI can be traced back to social-structural variables and parenting modes, but also develops through intergenerational value transmission. It has assumed negative consequences.

Key Words: adolescence • hierarchic self-interest (HSI) • parental styles • socialization • social context • socio-economic status • social values

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