Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults
Obedience and disobedience have always been salient issues for both civil society and social psychologists. Since Milgram’s first studies on destructive obedience there has not been a bottom-up definition of what obedience and disobedience mean. The current study aimed at investigating the social re...
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| author | Francesco Fattori Simone Curly Amrei C. Jörchel Maura Pozzi Dominik Mihalits Sara Alfieri |
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| description | Obedience and disobedience have always been salient issues for both civil society and social psychologists. Since Milgram’s first studies on destructive obedience there has not been a bottom-up definition of what obedience and disobedience mean. The current study aimed at investigating the social representations young adults use to define and to co-construct knowledge about obedience and disobedience in Austria. One hundred fifty four (106 females, 68.8%) Austrian young adults (Mean age = 22.9; SD = 3.5) completed a mixed-method questionnaire comprising open-ended questions and free word associations. Overall obedience and disobedience are respectively defined as conformity and non-conformity to regulations, ranging from implicit social norms to explicit formal laws. Authority is multi-faceted and has a central role in orienting obedience and disobedience. Further fundamental determinants of the authority relationship and relevant application of the results are discussed in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7d5901293cc40a7a3adab5e4c556e132023-01-03T06:11:21ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132015-05-0111219721310.5964/ejop.v11i2.883ejop.v11i2.883Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young AdultsFrancesco Fattori0Simone Curly1Amrei C. Jörchel2Maura Pozzi3Dominik Mihalits4Sara Alfieri5Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ItalyObedience and disobedience have always been salient issues for both civil society and social psychologists. Since Milgram’s first studies on destructive obedience there has not been a bottom-up definition of what obedience and disobedience mean. The current study aimed at investigating the social representations young adults use to define and to co-construct knowledge about obedience and disobedience in Austria. One hundred fifty four (106 females, 68.8%) Austrian young adults (Mean age = 22.9; SD = 3.5) completed a mixed-method questionnaire comprising open-ended questions and free word associations. Overall obedience and disobedience are respectively defined as conformity and non-conformity to regulations, ranging from implicit social norms to explicit formal laws. Authority is multi-faceted and has a central role in orienting obedience and disobedience. Further fundamental determinants of the authority relationship and relevant application of the results are discussed in this paper.http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/883social representationsobediencedisobedienceyoung adultsmixed-method approach |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Fattori Simone Curly Amrei C. Jörchel Maura Pozzi Dominik Mihalits Sara Alfieri Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults Europe's Journal of Psychology social representations obedience disobedience young adults mixed-method approach |
| title | Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults |
| title_full | Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults |
| title_fullStr | Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults |
| title_short | Authority Relationship From a Societal Perspective: Social Representations of Obedience and Disobedience in Austrian Young Adults |
| title_sort | authority relationship from a societal perspective social representations of obedience and disobedience in austrian young adults |
| topic | social representations obedience disobedience young adults mixed-method approach |
| url | http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/883 |
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