<p>Perhaps I'm searching using the wrong term, but by prescriptivism I mean:</p>

<ul>
<li>holding strong beliefs and</li>
<li>having a strong desire to impose them on others</li>
</ul>

<p>I know that in the US nowadays these two might tingle "conservatism" for some, but given the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">horseshoe theory</a> I'd rather go for a more explicit term.</p>

<p>I guess these two items correlate with some personality traits as well... So has there been any research in genetic correlations of these two items even if less directly?</p>

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It occurred to me after asking the above that "religious extremism" might be a more sexy research topic these days, which correlates well to what I call prescriptivism above...And sure enough something came up, although trauma rathar gene related: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393217301318
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So you are asking if there have been linkage studies for holding beliefs and imposing them?
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@AliceD: yes, that's what I'm asking. Feel free to edit the question if I wasn't clear enough. Also, searching for genetic and fundamentalism in the same phrase tends to turn up "genetics fundamentalism" discussions such as http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1357034X04047853
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After looking at some recent GWAS studies on personality (disorders) [e.g.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5278898/) it's probably too early/ambitions to ask a question like this.
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# Genetic basis of prescriptivism

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-15)

Perhaps I'm searching using the wrong term, but by prescriptivism I mean:

* holding strong beliefs and
* having a strong desire to impose them on others

I know that in the US nowadays these two might tingle "conservatism" for some, but given the [horseshoe theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory) I'd rather go for a more explicit term.

I guess these two items correlate with some personality traits as well... So has there been any research in genetic correlations of these two items even if less directly?

**Tags:** personality, genetics

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: It occurred to me after asking the above that "religious extremism" might be a more sexy research topic these days, which correlates well to what I call prescriptivism above...And sure enough something came up, although trauma rathar gene related: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393217301318  
> **username_1**: So you are asking if there have been linkage studies for holding beliefs and imposing them?  
> **username_0**: @username_1: yes, that's what I'm asking. Feel free to edit the question if I wasn't clear enough. Also, searching for genetic and fundamentalism in the same phrase tends to turn up "genetics fundamentalism" discussions such as http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1357034X04047853  
> **username_0**: After looking at some recent GWAS studies on personality (disorders) [e.g.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5278898/) it's probably too early/ambitions to ask a question like this.  

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