Family Environment and Psycho-social Problems among Adolescents
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2019
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CCSHAU
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The present study was conducted purposively in Hisar district of Haryana state. Two schools from
rural Hisar and two school from Hisar city were selected at random having co-education senior secondary
schools. Total sample constituted of 240 adolescents, 120 from rural area and 120 from urban area,
representing both the sexes in equal number. Family environment was assessed by Family Environment
Scale (FES) by Bhatia and Chadha (1993). Youth Problem Inventory (YPI) developed and standardized
by Verma (2004) was used to assess the adolescents' psycho-social problems. Results revealed that majority
of rural and urban adolescents perceived average level of cohesion, expressiveness, conflict, acceptance and
caring attitude, independence, organization and control in their families. Findings also disclosed that urban
adolescents perceived family environment more accepting and caring, and more independent as compared to
rural adolescents. Urban adolescents perceived family environment as more relationship oriented. Rural
adolescents perceived their family environment more organized and controlled, i.e., system maintained than
urban adolescents. It was found that male adolescents perceived family environment as more expressive and
more personal growth oriented as compared to female respondents. Results also revealed that female
adolescents perceived family environment as more organized and controlling as compared to male
adolescents making family environment as more system maintenance oriented. Results of the present study
revealed that majority of adolescents from rural and urban area experienced average level of family, school,
social, personal and overall problems. Rural adolescents experienced more family problems, school
problems and overall problems as compared to urban adolescents. Results further revealed that female
adolescents experienced more family problems, personal problems and overall problems as compared to
male adolescents. Regression analysis revealed that family environment significant predictor of psychosocial
problems among adolescents. Lastly, results indicated that family income, paternal education and
exposure to media were significant predictors of psycho-social problems among adolescents.
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