The psychological world of adolescence: A comparative evaluation between rural and urban girls

• Main Authors: Dhoundiyal Manju, Venkatesh Renuka
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
• Subjects: Adolescents; psychology; urban and rural locality
• Online Access: http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2009;volume=31;issue=1;spage=35;epage=38;aulast=Dhoundiyal

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.