International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Rajinder Kaur ¹, Vandana Kanwar ¹, Seema Sharma ¹

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

Abstract

Today,j oint families have been broken down to either nuclear families or extended families. Lack of elder members in the family make young parents more anxious, less patient, more work- oriented and have less interpersonal relationships. The research paper is intended to explore the perceived loneliness among undergraduate students. The total sample comprised of 400 college undergraduate students. Perceived Loneliness Scale (L-Scale) standardized scale was used to determine the degree and extent of loneliness perceived by the students. Results indicated that though the majority of the students perceived an average level of loneliness, but the trend was towards higher side in all colleges except in College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology as well as in all the years of their degree programme. Inter-college differences in mean scores of COAE and T significantly differ from the mean scores of all other colleges. Respondents of COHSc perceived the loneliness at higher level whereas respondents of COAE & T perceived less loneliness. Gender differences in perceiving loneliness showed that females perceived more loneliness as compared to the males.

Keywords

Perceived Loneliness, Hosteller, Non Hosteller, Gender.

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Neha Joshi ¹, Seema Sharma ¹, Tejpreet Kaur Kang ¹, Inderjit Singh Grewal ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Statistic & Physics Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
2 Department of Mathematics, Statistic & Physics Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

In this study, the effectiveness of a life skills-based intervention program to impede the degree of peer pressure among first-year undergraduate students was scrutinized. A sample of 60 students (30 males & 30 females) having low life skills were purposively identified for the study from five constituent colleges of Punjab Agricultural University enrolled in the academic session 2020-21. Research tools used were Life Skills Assessment Scale by Nair et al. (2010) and Peer Pressure Scale by Singh and Saini (2010). Data analysis was done by descriptive statistics (frequency & percentage) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, paired t-test & the Pearson correlation coefficient). Results showed non-significant gender difference in peer pressure has been reported among students. Significant effectiveness of enrichment programme on the status of peer pressure among freshman undergraduates had been reported that indicates the favorable effectiveness of the intervention. The correlation analysis revealed significantly negative relation of peer pressure to most of the dimensions of life skills.

Keywords

undergraduate students, peer pressure, life skills, intervention, effectiveness

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