Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Vandana Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

The present study was attempted to find the relationship between career decision-making and family environment among adolescents. For the study, 300 adolescents studying in class XI were drawn from Government Model Senior Secondary Schools of Chandigarh by employing stratified random sampling. For the collection of data Career Decision-Making Inventory (CDMI; Singh, 1999) and Family Environment Scale (FES; Vohra, 1997) were administered to adolescents. For the analysis of data statistical techniques like Pearson product moment correlation, t-test and stepwise multiple regression were used. Correlation analysis showed that career decidedness was significantly and positively correlated with cohesion, expressiveness, independence and recreational orientation dimensions of family environment. Career indecision was significantly and negatively correlated with cohesion, expressiveness, independence, organization and recreational orientation dimensions of family environment. No significant gender difference was observed on the variables of career decision-making (career decidedness and career indecision). Boys and girls significantly differed only on organization dimension except all other dimensions of family environment. Regression analysis showed that cohesion and expressiveness dimensions of family environment contributed to career decidedness independently as well as conjointly. This indicated that adolescents having families high on cohesion and expressiveness were high on career decidedness. In case of career indecision, the predictors were expressiveness, organization and independence which contributed to career indecision independently as well as conjointly. This demonstrated that adolescents having families high on expressiveness, organization and independence were low on career indecision. Results of the present study demonstrated that congenial family environment is necessary for the overall development of adolescents.

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Shipra Sharma ¹, Vandana Sharma ²

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1 Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, S.D. (P.G.) College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, S.D.(P.G.)College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The objective of this investigation was to analyze the relationship between family environment and depression among adolescent students. The study consisted 300 adolescent students (150 male & 150 female) selected through stratified random sampling. The age range of the sample group was between 14 to 17 years. They were taken from C.B.S.E. board schools of Ghaziabad city. The tools of the study, Family Environment Scale by Bhatia and Chadha and Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire by Wig, Pershad, and Verma, for Depression were used. Statistical analysis used for the present study were correlation and multiple regression. A significant negative correlation was found between family environment and depression among adolescent students in terms of family cohesion, expressiveness, acceptance and caring, independence, active-recreational orientation, organization and control except Conflict which was positively correlated to depression. In addition, three dimensions of family environment, i.e., independence, conflict and organization emerged as predictors of depression among adolescents in the present study.

Keywords

family environment, depression, adolescent students

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