Page No.285-289
Hardeo Ojha
T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur
The study aimed at exploring the relationship between perceived parental behaviours
and children’s Machiavellian orientation (MO) and also between parents’ MO and
children’s MO. For this an unselected sample of 300 Plus-Two class male students
aged 15-18 years were administered Personal Data Sheet, Parental Behaviour
Inventory and Mach IV Scale. After data were obtained from them each subject was
given two forms of Mach IV Scale, one-marked ‘M’ and another marked ‘F’ to be
filled in by his mother and father respectively. The data analysed by product moment
correlation coefficient revealed that loving and permissive behaviours of parents
were negatively and significantly related with their sons’ MO. It was also found that
MO of parents and their sons were positively and significantly associated, providing
support for modeling hypothesis.