A Dyadic Path Analysis of Intergenerational Socio-Political Conflicts within Families: The Mediating Role of Perceived Difference in Socio-Political Orientation.

This study found that, regardless of the level of family cohesion, family members of different ages perceived younger generations as more liberal and older generations as more conservative than themselves. This perceived difference in socio-political orientation, in turn, translates into intergenerational socio-political conflicts within families.