Political
Attitudes and Acceptability of Political Models for Children: A
Note on Attitude-Behavior Congruence
B.N. Srivastava, Y.J. Murthy & P. Gupta |
The
present study was designed to investigate the relationship between
attitude toward political leaders (A), attitude toward nation (B),
and acceptability of political models for their children to emulate
(C). Specifically three hypotheses were tested: (1) attitude towards
political leaders (A) and attitude towards nation (B) are positively
correlated; (2) negative correlation between attitude towards political
leaders (A) and acceptability of political models (C), and (3) negative
correlation between attitude towards nation (B) and acceptability
of political models (C). The sample consisted of 41 respondents who
filled out a questionnaire in three sections for this purpose. The
results confirmed the three hypotheses. Further significant differences
were found on attitude towards nation among males and females, and
also among low and high income groups. The findings are discussed
with their implications for attitude-behavior congruence.
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