Effect of Age and Family Structure on Spirituality of Adolescents

Pages: 107-109
Nidhi and Alpna Agarwal (Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of age and family structure on spirituality of adolescents. A total of 120 adolescents from Meerut district were selected for this study. There were three age groups of adolescents, early (12-14), middle (15-17), and late (18-20) adolescents. There were 40 subjects in each age group. Further in each group there were 20 subjects of nuclear family and 20 subjects of joint family. Data collection was done through spirituality scale constructed by Delaney (2003). The data were analyzed through ANOVA, mean and multiple comparison test. The result indicates that age and family structure have significant effect on spirituality.