Abstract
The authority and its influence upon the personality of chidren in 195 nuclear families of Tottori city was surveyed through a questionnaire. The results obtained are as follows; 1. Some amplitude in a limited region is recognized in the diagram. (See Figs. 1-4) 2. In husband-dominant families, the children are relaxed, productive, and adjustable to school. 3. In the syncratic type families, the children are generally preferable. 4. In mutually independent and wife-dominant families, the children are mentally stable.
