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Siblings Relations and their Impact on Adolescent's Personality
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The research has been carried out to study the influence of presence of siblings on adolescent personality. The sample of the study comprised of 160 adolescents studying in class 7th to 9th selected purposively from the schools located in Udhamsingh Pantnagar, Uttrakhand. Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality Scale by Vohra (1993) and self designed questionnaires were employed to collect the requisite data. The study revealed that adolescents' personality was also seen to differ significantly with their influence of presence of siblings. The domains of personality that is academic achievement, competition, creativity, enthusiasm, excitability, general ability, guilt proneness, individualism, innovation, maturity, mental health, morality, self-control, sensitivity, social sufficiency, social warmth and tension among class I and class II high significant difference as compared to class III and IV Whereas, adaptability, boldness and leadership among number of siblings of class III and class IV have high level of significant difference with all the classifiednumber of siblings.
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Adolescents', Sibling, Personality.
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