Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Pooja Kaushik ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The present study was carried out on 240 adolescents (120 rural & 120 urban) in the age group of 16-18 years from government schools of Ludhiana District to understand relationship of altruism and empathy among rural and urban adolescents. For data collection, socio-personal information sheet, Altruism Scale (Rai & Singh, 2004) and Empathy Scale (Dubey & Tandon, 2014) were used. The results revealed that rural adolescents were highly altruistic and empathetic as compared to urban adolescents. Large proportion of the rural and urban adolescents had high level of altruism and empathy. Rural adolescents had significantly better mean scores as compared to urban adolescents at average level as well as overall altruism and empathy. Significant and positive correlation existed between altruism and empathy among rural adolescents indicating higher was the altruistic attitude, more was the empathy in adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescents, Altruism and Empathy.

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Shatakshi Singh ¹, Deepika Vig ¹, Asha Chawla ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Academic readiness plays an important role in early childhood period and it sets the basis for future development. It is a holistic approach of parents, children, and school towards appropriate development of child. Academic readiness is gaining attention as an important approach to merge the learning gap and improves the quality of achieving lifelong learning and full developmental potential among preschoolers. This study comprising 200 children (i.e., 100 rural & 100 urban) of class-I from randomly selected private schools of rural and urban area of Ludhiana district. Self-structured academic readiness checklist was undertaken to assess academic readiness. The results revealed that most of the rural and urban children had high level of skills in overall academic readiness. Locale wise differences depicted that urban children had better skills across various domains of academic readiness than rural children.

Keywords

Academic Readiness, Per-reading Readiness, Per-writing Readiness, Per-arithmetic Readiness.

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Pooja Kaushik ¹, Asha Chawla ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the gender differences in the relationship of altruism with empathy of adolescents. The present study was carried out on 240 adolescents (120 girls & 120 boys) in the age group of 16-18 years from Government Senior Secondary schools of Ludhiana District. For data collection, Socio-personal Information Sheet, Altruism Scale (Rai & Singh) and Empathy Scale (Dubey & Tandon) were used. The results revealed that majority of the adolescents had higher level of altruism. However, gender wise differences indicated that girls were found to be more altruistic and more empathetic as compared to boys. Statistically significant and positive correlation existed between altruism and empathy across both the genders.

Keywords

Adolescents, Altruism, Empathy.

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Rashmi Upreti ¹, Asha Chawla ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The well-being of an individual in a society can be improved by his or her social development. Social development is a process in which an individual develops into a functioning member of the group. Positive social development plays a very important role among adolescents. It may influence adolescents' empathy, self-confidence, self-esteem, and interpersonal relationships, and also gives a sense of importance and value to those around him/her (Help Me Grow, 2023). Adolescents may especially need social help so that they can handle new demands in school and social life. Empowerment of their social well-being is one way to help them navigate these difficulties. Adolescents face unique stressors, including social challenges that can cause conflict in their personal lives and overall functioning. These stressors may finally lead to physical, mental and emotional illness. Empowering social well-being can help to increase the ability of adolescents to cope and make it easier to deal with encountered stressors. Social development also reflects the ability of an individual to form close, secure relationships with parents, relatives, and other nurturing caregivers. Therefore, this article would be helpful in understanding the role and importance of social development among adolescents that enables an individual to have and maintain positive interactions with others.

Keywords

adolescents, social skills, social well-being, social interactions, social empowerment.

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