Status of Personality, Psychosocial Problems and Coping Mechanism Among II PUC Achievers and Failures
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2010
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UAS Dharwad
Abstract
The present study attempted to investigate the status of personality,
psychosocial problems and coping mechanism among II PUC achievers and failures.
The sample consisted of 998 II PUC students, selected from 14 colleges of Hubli -
Dharwad city, Karnataka state. The researcher had developed 6 scales viz.,
personality scale, coping mechanism scale, scholastic difficulty scale, anxiety scale,
depression scale and behavioural problem scale. The results revealed that 70 per cent,
100 percent, 92 percent, 49 per cent and 73 per cent of distinction students had
developed high level of Big Five factors of personality respectively. And 47 percent,
84 percent, 80 percent, 39 per cent and 45 per cent of the failures had developed high
level of Big Five factors of personality respectively. There was significant association
between surgency, intellect, emotional stability, conscientiousness, coping
mechanism, scholastic difficulty, anxiety, depression, behavioural problem and
academic performance. Distinction students had developed low level of negative
coping mechanism, scholastic difficulty, anxiety, depression and behavioural problem
compared to failures. There was significant difference between distinction students
and failures on surgency, intellect, emotional stability, conscientiousness, negative
coping mechanism, scholastic difficulty, anxiety, depression and behavioural problem
Number of siblings were significantly and negatively related with surgency
emotional stability, anxiety, depression and behavioural problem. Qualification and
occupation of parents was significantly and positively related with surgency.
Qualification of parents, occupation of mother was significantly and positively related
with intellect. Qualification of parents and agreeableness was significantly and
positively related with agreeableness, emotional stability and conscientiousness.
Negative coping mechanism was significantly and negatively related with
qualification of father. Qualification of parents, occupation of mother and positive
coping mechanism was significantly and positively related. Qualification of parents
and occupation of father was significantly and negatively related with scholastic
difficulty, depression and behavioural problem. Qualification and occupation of
parents was significantly and negatively related with anxiety.