Association of Age, Birth order and Family Income with Psycho-social problems in Rural Adolescents
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: The present age is the age of stress. Everybody is disturbed due to one or the other reason irrespective of their age. However, adolescents are more prone to psychological and sociological disturbances. Objectives: To assess the psychosocial problems in adolescents. Methods: The study was conducted in selected schools of urban and rural areas taking 100 participants each for boys and girls using convenient sampling method. The tool used was youth self report. The data collected was analyzed using appropriate statistical methods. Results: The study revealed that 48.5% adolescents were well adjusted; 47% were having mild psychosocial problems; 4% had moderate psychosocial problems and 0.5% had severe psychosocial problems. Conclusion: Adolescents irrespective of their living places had varying degrees of psychosocial problems.
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Noorul Amin
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