THE MEASUREMENT OF PARENTS' LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR TOWARD CHILDREN BASED ON THE FORMER'S SELF-PERCEPTIONS AND ON THE LATTER'S PERCEPTIONS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate parents' leadership behavior toward children from the points of view of their own self-perceptions and also children's perceptions on a comparative basis. To use one and the same descriptive dimension, we prepared a test battery which could be used commonly for both cases. The test battery consisted of ten items each of the Maintenance Factor and the Performance Factor. As a result of this test, the scores of parents' self-perceptions were found significantly higher than those of children's perceptions in father's and mother's M functions and in mother's P function, but no significant difference was found in mother's M function. Regarding the relationship of parents' leadership types to children's attitude toward parents, children were found to assume more positive attitude toward parents of PM and P types than toward those of pm and M types (these types were based on parents' selfperceptions). In terms of parents' types based on children's perceptions, however, children assumed more positive attitude toward parents of PM and M types than toward those of pm and P types.