Psychological Well-Being Of Adolescents
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Psychological well-being among adolescents is a socio psychological necessity. It is important to understand the factors which can greatly influence the psychological well-being of adolescents as the age of adolescence is considered to be relatively more vulnerable. The present study has been conducted to assess the relationship between parent adolescent relationship and peer pressure with psychological well-being among adolescents of working and non-working mothers. The primary objective was to study the correlation between the variables and to assess the gender differences. The sample was 520 adolescents (260 boys and 260 girls) in the age group of 13-18 years selected purposively from five bigger districts of Punjab in terms of female employment. Psychological well-being Scale, Parenting Scale, Peer Pressure scale were used to collect the data, Correlation Analysis and t-test were used to analyse the results. The findings suggest a high level of parent adolescent relationship and moderate level of peer pressure among adolescents. Parent Adolescent Relationship and Peer Pressure were found to be positively correlated with psychological well-being of adolescents of working and non-working mothers. Gender differences on the variables were not found to be significant. The findings provide practical implications for the parents, counsellors, teachers to provide positive opportunities for adolescents for enhancing their psychological well-being
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