Gender and social setting in mental turbulence at adolescence
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https://doi.org/10.25215/0901.117Keywords:
Mental Turbulence, Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, Tension, And StressAbstract
Adolescent’s research has become a priority topic in response to local, national and international policy concern based upon what was seen as an increase in adjustment problems occurring among individual evidence in delinquent behaviour, violence, alcoholism, drug abuse and teenage pregnancy etc. Parental relations with adolescents are characterized in studies as being one of conflict as the adolescent’s struggles to establish an identity independent from parents and family. The present study was conducted to examine the emotional and behavioral problems and also to find out the relationship between demographical variables such as gender, and type of family with emotional and behavioural problems among adolescents. The sample size included 200 (Boys =106; Girls=94) school going adolescent’s age range of 12 years to 18 years of different schools of Kolkata city. The data were obtained and analyzed by means of t-test, one-way ANOVA. The Behaviouaral and Emotional Problem Scale were used to evaluate the various types of behavioural and emotional problems which are the causative factors of mental turbulence at adolescence. Result revealed that gender and social setting has statistically significant impact at adolescents. The findings of the present study suggested for regular psychological testing and implications in school going adolescents through assertiveness training, family counseling. The findings have both academic and applied value.Metrics
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2022-11-05
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Dr. Janak Kumari Shrivastava. (2022). Gender and social setting in mental turbulence at adolescence. International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.25215/0901.117
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