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A Comparative Study of the Psychological Problems Among Adolescent Boys and Girls in Selected Higher Secondary Schools, Tumkur, Karnataka

S. Renuka, M. Thomas

Abstract


A study was conducted to compare the psychological problems among adolescent boys and girls in selected P U College, Tumkur. The objectives of the study were: To assess the selected psychological problems among adolescents; To compare the level of psychological problems between adolescent boys and girls; and To determine the relationship between the demographic variables and the psychological problems of adolescents. The research design of the study was descriptive design. The study was descriptive design. The study was conducted in twelfth standard PU College in Sarvodaya, Tumkur. Convenience sampling was used to select the subjects which included a sample of 200 students. Data were collected by using a general health questionnaire. The findings of the study reveal that most of the subjects among boys (60%) had social dysfunction and (41%) had severe depression and on the whole (57%) had psychological problems. About 59% of girls had social dysfunction, 36% of them had severe depression and on the whole 51% of them had psychological problem. About 45% among boys reported to have low level problems and 12% high level problems. Majority of the subjects among girls 51% reported to have low level psychological problems. The Student t-test reveals that there was a significant difference between adolescent boys and girls in the level of somatic symptoms and the overall psychological problem at p<0.01 and p<0.05 level, respectively. It is recommended that a similar study needs to be conducted on a larger sample to arrive at generalization.


Keywords: adolescent, child, psychological problems, stress

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