Study of life skills among adolescents
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Date
2012
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CCSHAU
Abstract
Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal
effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. Skills that can be said to be life skills are
innumerable, and the nature and definition of life skills are likely to differ across cultures and settings.
There is a ten core set of skills, these are - decision making, problem solving, creative thinking, critical
thinking, effective communication, interpersonal relationship skills, self-awareness, empathy, coping
with emotions and coping with stress. The present study was conducted in selected Hisar District of
Haryana state. For rural sample village Mayyad was selected. For urban sample city area of district
Hisar was selected. One school from selected village was taken to draw the rural sample. For urban
sample, two schools were selected. Hundred adolescents from each schools of rural and urban were
(14-16 years) equally representing both the sexes i.e. 100 girls and 100 boys were selected on random
basis. Results showed that life skills of urban and rural adolescents were high in self-awareness,
empathy, interpersonal relationship skills, average in problem solving, critical thinking, coping with
stress, creative thinking, coping with emotions, effective communication and low in decision making.
Significant differences were found in life skills with area of residence, board of examination and
gender. Academic achievement, birth order, number of siblings, family size, caste, family type, father’s
occupation, mother’s occupation, income, father’s education and mother’s education were significantly
associated with life skills of adolescents. Family environment of adolescents had significant correlation
with most of the aspects of life skills except self awareness and creative thinking. Life skills and all of
its aspects were found non-significantly correlated with school environment.
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Area, Biological phenomena, Environment, Economic systems, Sampling, Selection, Social sciences, Self help, Manpower, Wells