For a group of college males it was determined through introspective reports which parent had been the dominant disciplinarian and the extent to which each parent was seen as an important source of affection. As predicted, the affection level of the dominant disciplinarian was more clearly related to son's guilt than the affection level of the nondominant disciplinarian, regardless of which parent was the dominant disciplinarian. Son's sex typing tended to correspond to the sex of the dominant disciplinarian, especially when the dominant disciplinarian was high in affection. The study provides further evidence for the importance of a consideration of the patterning of disciplinary and affectional behaviors in studies of socializing systems. (30 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)