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Definition of 'Authoritarianism'

The personality pattern or syndrome consisting of behavioral and attitudinal characteristics reflecting a preoccupation with the factors of power and authority in interpersonal relationships.

Common names: Authoritarianism; Authoritarianisms

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The role of nursing unit culture in shaping research utilization behaviors.

30 Jul 2008 We conducted a focused ethnography of a pediatric critical care unit to examine the role of nursing unit culture related to research utilization. Four significant aspects of the unit culture shaped nurses' research utilization. A hierarchical ... Read more...


Paternalism, consent, and the use of experimental drugs in the military.

30 Jul 2008 Modern military organizations are paternalistic organizations. They typically recognize a duty of care toward military personnel and are willing to ignore or violate the consent of military personnel in order to uphold that duty of care. In this ... Read more...


Parental feeding practices predict authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting styles.

29 Jun 2008 BACKGROUND: Our goal was to identify how parental feeding practices from the nutrition literature link to general parenting styles from the child development literature to understand how to target parenting practices to increase effectiveness of ... Read more...

 

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Definition: The personality pattern or syndrome consisting of behavioral and attitudinal characteristics reflecting a preoccupation with the factors of power and authority in interpersonal relationships.

Descriptor UI: D001318

Alternative terms: Authoritarianism; Authoritarianisms;

Tree Number: F01.752.098;

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