Study assessing life skills among school going adolescents in relation to personal variables
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Adolescence is a period when various changes take place in their body, mind as well as in their behavior and habit forming. This brings the need for them to know dealing with these changes by Life Skill Education (LSE) beginning from school level itself. But LSE is hardly given in schools of Meerut. Thus, the present study was done with objective to assess the life skills of school going adolescents of urban Meerut and to determine the variations in life skills of adolescents with their personal variables. The present cross sectional study was done with purposive sampling technique for the selection of schools and total Enumeration of the entire adolescent from selected schools belonging to age group of 12-19 years which came out to be a sample of 1185 adolescents. Most of the adolescents scored average in the global life skills score and in each of the ten dimensions of life skills. Significant difference was found in the global life skills score with age, gender, both the parent’s education and mother’s occupation of the adolescents. Life skill education should be inculcated in school curriculum as it will help in promoting health and well being of adolescents to face their future.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Antara S, Dr Rahul Bansal, Dr Chhavi Kiran Gupta, Dr Kaynat Nasser
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