PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENTS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL STAGE IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER AND HOME ENVIRONMENT
Keywords:
Problems of adolescents, Home EnvironmentAbstract
The present study was undertaken to find the problems of adolescents at secondary school stage in relation to their gender and home environment. Sample of 300 students (boys and girls) studying in 11th standard from 07 Government Senior Secondary Schools of Gurugram district were selected on simple random basis and Youth Problem Inventory(1979) and Home Environment Inventory(1971) were used for data collection. After analysis and interpretation of data by using different statistical techniques, it was found that 31% adolescents were having high level of personal problems, 39% adolescents were having socio-emotional emotional problems, 48.33% adolescents were having average level of family problems, 43% adolescents were having average home environment, 26% adolescents were having favorable home environment while 31% adolescents were average home environment. There was no significant relationship between personal problems and home environment. It was also found that there was significant effect of gender on Home environment and boys have better home environment in comparison of girls.
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