The Psychological World of Adolescence: A Comparative Evaluation Between Rural and Urban Girls

A cross-sectional study was conducted to get an insight into the psychological world of adolescence and to study the influence of locality and school-going activity on it. The study group comprised of 240 girls in the age group 12–18 years equally representing urban and rural areas. Using two psycho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dhoundiyal, Manju, Venkatesh, Renuka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938089
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.53313
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Sumario:A cross-sectional study was conducted to get an insight into the psychological world of adolescence and to study the influence of locality and school-going activity on it. The study group comprised of 240 girls in the age group 12–18 years equally representing urban and rural areas. Using two psychological tests, namely Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire and Health-Related Quality of Life Inventory, the results revealed that two-third of them were in the problematic and borderline category as per SDQ and one-third as per PedsQL. Further, there was a definite linear relationship between the total problem score of both scales. This was irrespective of the locale and school-going activity. The results indicate the need for building psychological infrastructure into the social system to help adolescents girls grow to their potential.

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