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Zarine Immanuel ¹, Kalyani Kenneth ²

Affiliations
1 Mother Teresa's Women's University, Kodaikanal, T.N., IN
2 Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, Chennai, IN

Abstract

This study is aiming to bring about changes in the attitude of today's adolescents and to get their opinion on sensitive topics like dating and pre-marital counselling which is a taboo and unheard of in certain places in India.The survey was conducted among 200 college boys and girls from the college in Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu. Seventy-five and seventy- three percentage of boys and girls respectively opined against taking dowry for various reasons while the remaining were in favour of it. About eighty nine percent of boys and seventy percent of girls expressed the need of having premarital counselling for making their prospective marriage successful. Around seventy-five percent of boys and fifty- five percent of girls were ready to date their prospective spouses before marriage to get to know them well. It can be seen in the study that the number of adolescent boys who are against taking dowry is seventy-five percent and for the adolescent girls it is seventy three percent. However the fact that the dowry system is still widely practical contradicts these views. There was a positive feedback for the need of pre-marital counselling.

Keywords

Dowry, Pre-Matrial Counselling, Dating.

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Kalyani Kenneth ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Counselling, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Branden in 1969 briefly defined self-esteem as "...the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness". Physical exercise is bodily activity that develops or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is often practiced to strengthen muscles and the cardiovascular system, and to hone athletic skills. The researcher in the present research aims to make a comparative Study on Self-esteem of College Youth who exercise and who don't exercise. The sample size consisted of 100 respondents who are youths from various colleges. The sampling technique which is used in this study is non-probability sampling, specifically purposive sampling. The Self-esteem Inventory constructed by Karunamdhi et al. (1995) is used to collect the required information.The research design chosen for this study is a Cross-sectional Descriptive research design. The findings reveal that there exists significant difference in the level of self esteem among the youth who exercise and those who don't. College youth who exercise have a higher total self-esteem than those who don't exercise. College youth who exercise due to compulsion have a lower self-esteem than those who exercise due to personal choice.

Keywords

Self Esteem, Youth, Exercise (Active), Don't Exercise (Sedentary).

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Zarine Immanuel ¹, Kalyani Kenneth ²

Affiliations
1 Mother Teresa's Women's University, Tamilnadu, IN
2 Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, Tamilnadu, IN

Abstract

This study is aiming to bring about changes in the attitude of today's adolescents and to get their opinion on sensitive topics like dating and pre-marital counselling which is a taboo and unheard of in certain places in India. The survey was conducted among 200 college boys and girls from the college in Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu. Seventy-five and seventy- three percentage of boys and girls respectively opined against taking dowry for various reasons while the remaining were in favour of it. About eighty nine percent of boys and seventy percent of girls expressed the need of having premarital counselling for making their prospective marriage successful. Around seventy-five percent of boys and fifty- five percent of girls were ready to date their prospective spouses before marriage to get to know them well. It can be seen in the study that the number of adolescent boys who are against taking dowry is seventy-five percent and for the adolescent girls it is seventy three percent. However the fact that the dowry system is still widely practical contradicts these views. There was a positive feedback for the need of pre-marital counselling.

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