Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychology ,Lovely Professional University, Punjab
2. of Psychology Lovely Professional University, Punjab
Abstract
Symptomatic expression of emotional or interpersonal maladjustment especially in children is called a behavioral problem (Merriam Webster). Such problems include nail-biting, enuresis, negativism, or overt hostile or antisocial acts). These problems are studied to lesser extent & exist lower in report as compared to drugs & alcohol consumption but place an individual life into chaos. By applying positive attributes like resilience, self esteem & social support behavioral problems can be reduced. Present study was carried out with aims 1) To find out the relation between resilience, self esteem, social support & behavioral problems of adolescents 2) To explore the gender differences in resilience, social support & self-esteem of adolescents. 3) To examine the effect of age group on behavioral problems in adolescents. A sample of one hundred high school students (50 male + 50 female) of 1X and X grade in age range of 15-18 yrs were selected randomly for the study. Tools used were, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Rosenberg’s Scale, Interpersonal support evaluation list, ISEL & Behavioral Problem Checklist given by Achenbach in 2001. No significant gender differences were indicated as all the t ratios obtained fall below the critical value of 0.05 probability. Except for relationship between self-esteem & behavioral problems all results were found to be significant.Age differences on the measures of resilience, self-esteem, social support & behavioral problems were found to be insignificant
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