Modal
Personality: A Comparative Study of Hindus, Muslims and Christians
M. Pramanick |
The
study delineates the modal personality characteristics of three religio-cultural
groups of India viz. Hindu, Muslim and Christian. One hundred college
students from each group matched in age, sex, education and family
income were administered measures of attitudes, self-concept, religiosity,
authoritarianism and hostility. Findings indicated that middle class
Hindu modal personality is characterized by favourable attitude towards
family, positive self-esteem, low aggression, low religiosity and
low authoritarianism. The middle class Muslim modal personality is
characterized by favourable attitude towards parents and unfavourable
attitudes towards family and authority, negative self-image, low
aggressiveness, low authoritarianism and high religiosity. The middle
class Christian modal personality is characterized by favourable
attitude towards authority and unfavourable attitude towards parents,
high aggression, high authoritarianism and low religiosity.
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