Association of personality traits, need for peer support and psychological counseling among youth

Pages: 559-563
Rajinder Kaur (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Punjab)
Vandana Kanwar (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Punjab)

Interpersonal relations are vital for each family member in a family. In addition, relationships with relatives, elderly people and younger people play a key role in the overall growth of young people. The abilities of an individual influence his social associations with others. Individuals who are very expressive when not receive supportive environment in and outside the family and when they move out of their family and begin associations in society, may show uncooperative and withdrawn behavior. Supportive peer relations can improve student relations and performance (Thomas 2012). Keeping in view the role of personality and psycho-social needs of youth the current study was conducted to study the association of personality traits, need for peer support and psychological counseling among youth. The results revealed that the majority of respondents were ambivert followed by introverts and only few respondents were extravert in all years. Year-wise results indicated that students of 1st and 2nd year and 4th year perceived high need for peer support in comparison to the students of 3rd year. Overall association revealed that irrespective type of personality of the respondents, they expressed high need for peer support in comparison to psychological counseling need.