A Preregistered Study of the Relationship between Childhood Socioeconomic Background, Life History Strategies and Conformity

Angelos Stamos; Jack McLaughlin; Sabrina Bruyneel; Siegfried Dewitte

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104095

A Preregistered Study of the Relationship between Childhood Socioeconomic Background, Life History Strategies and Conformity

Angelos Stamos^*, Jack McLaughlin, Sabrina Bruyneel, Siegfried Dewitte

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Abstract

We conducted a high powered pre-registered study to investigate the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status, the adoption of different life history strategies and conformity. Contrary to our expectation we found no direct relationship between childhood socioeconomic background and conformity. However, we discovered a significant association between life history strategies and conformity. People who adopt fast (slow) life history strategies conform less (more) to social suggestions. Furthermore, we found a relationship between childhood socioeconomic background and life history strategies, with people from low (high) childhood socioeconomic backgrounds adopting fast (slow) life history strategies.

Original language	English
Article number	104095
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	92
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0092-6566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104095
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Conformity
Childhood socioeconomic background
Life histroy strategies
Social influence
Social cognition

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