Measuring Power in Families

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Abstract

Nine major measures of power were replicated and compared by using each to assess power relations within 211 families selected by a stratified random means from a borough in Metropolitan Toronto. Reports of different members of the same family to the questionnaire measures were found to vary. An individual's responses to questionnaire measures were found to be associated with his normative perspective on male dominance. Independent observational measures were unrelated to each other and to questionnaire measures. The degrees of association among all measures were found to be so low that it is clear the measures are not equivalent.