Father occupation: The effects on temperament of twins in Bagar zone of Haryana state

Pages: 258-259
Reetu Devi and Bimla Dhanda (Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana)
Vijay Kumar (Farm Management, SNIATTE, CCS HAU, Hisar)

The present study was conducted in four districts namely; Hisar Fatehabad, Rohtak, and Jind of Haryana state with the purpose of availability of maximum numbers of twins in the required age group of 4 -10 years identified under UGC project of the department. A sample of 296 pairs of twins in the age group of 4-10 years will be taken. The Malhotra Temperament Schedule (MTS) developed by Malhotra and Malhotra (1988) was used to assess child’s temperament. This schedule can be used on all child populations whether normal or abnormal, within an age range of 4-10 years of both sexes and of any socio-economic class. Malhotra Temperament Schedule consists of nine dimensions or variables of child’s temperament and the operational terms of these dimensions are given as: Activity, Rhythmicity Approach or withdrawal, Adaptability, Threshold of responsiveness, Intensity of reaction, Quality of mood, Distractibility, Attention span and persistence. These nine dimensions were further grouped into five categories namely sociability, emotionality, energy, attentivity/distractibility and rhythmicity. To arrive at factor scores the means of the constituting temperament dimension are to be added. The Malhotra Temperament Schedule (MTS) schedule measured temperament variables on a 5 point rating scale, and categorized by standardized method. The dimensions of temperament will be assessed individually. A variable is the set of value that forms a classification. A value is anything which can be predicted. There were two types of variables in the study, i.e., independent and dependent variable. Temperament was taken as dependent and father occupation was taken as independent variable. Result revealed that father’s occupation was non-significantly associated with sociability (c2=4.71), emotionality (c2=0.43), energy (c2=2.55), distractibility (c2=2.98) rhythmicity (c2=4.66) and total temperament (c2=5.85).