Thumbnail Image

Thesis

Browse

20181
Reset filters
Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Dhami, Manisha × Start date: 2005 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
Reset filters

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    ThesisItemOpen Access
    Situational analysis of guidance and counselling needs of adolescents and provision status in Ludhiana district
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Dhami, Manisha; Sharma, Seema
    The present study entitled “Situational analysis of guidance and counselling needs of adolescents and provision status in Ludhiana district” was undertaken to assess guidance and counselling needs of male and female adolescents in urban and rural areas. The study was conducted on 200 adolescents (100 urban and 100 rural) of Government Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana district. The sample was further equally distributed over two genders (100 males and 100 females). Psychological counselling needs scale was used to assess the psychological counselling needs of adolescents. For the assessment of guidance need, guidance need inventory was used and a self structured questionnaire was used to assess the adolescents’ perception of status and sources of guidance and counselling being provided to them. The results revealed that significant locale differences were found in the adolescents perception of total psychological counseling needs. In rural sample, males and females showed non significant difference in all dimensions of guidance needs. Irrespective of locale, no significant gender difference was found in the dimensions of guidance needs except physical guidance needs, where females displayed more need than males. Rural respondents required more guidance in physical, social, psychological, vocational and overall life sphere than urban adolescents. Irrespective of locale and gender, correlation analysis revealed that the students who perceived greater psychological counselling and guidance needs were performing poorer in academics. Majority of rural adolescents perceived the guidance and counselling services to be unsatisfactory. Majority of adolescents trust their parents for physical, social and psychological guidance whereas for educational guidance adolescents relied more on internet sources and moreover, internet and print media were the major sources for vocational guidance.