Adolescents problems from rural and urban single parent families
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Date
2007
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CCSHAU
Abstract
Present study was carried out with the aim to assess the existing problems of
adolescents from single parent families, to compare the adolescents problems and urban
single parent families and to delineate the ecological factors affecting adolescents
problems. The study was carried out in randomly selected Hisar district of Haryana
state. City area of the selected district was taken purposively to have urban respondents.
From the selected district two villages were selected randomly. A sample of 120
adolescents (15-19 years) was drawn purposively from the selected senior secondary
schools of rural and urban city areas. Data were collected personally with the help of
self developed questionnaire on social, economic, emotional and family relationship
problems faced by adolescents in single parent families.
The results revealed that most of the adolescents were female, belonged to
nuclear families and were from low income families. More than half of the respondent’s
parents availed benefits of any government scheme. Most of the parents adopted
authoritative parental discipline technique.
Results revealed that most of the adolescents faced medium and high level of
various problems. The rural respondents faced higher level of problems as compared to
urban respondents. Comparative analysis of results revealed no significant difference
between rural and urban respondents. It was found that female respondents faced higher
level of social, emotional and family relationship problems as compared to male
respondents.
The microsystems variables i.e. sex, landholding, income, adolescent’s relation
with grandparents and activities at school were found significantly associated with
social, economic and emotional problems of adolescents. The mesosystem variables
such as occupation of parents also reported significant association with economic and
emotional problems of adolescents. Exosystem variables such as parent’s take benefit
of any government scheme, development facilities at school and surrounding
community also reported significant association with social and economic problems.
The macrosystem of children also influenced their social, economic and emotional
problems.
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Thinning, Economic systems, Biological phenomena, Economics, Area, Self help, Developmental stages, Selection, Environment, Land resources