A study of psychological disturbances in children and adolescents involved in rag-picking: An exploratory study

Pages: 1525-1529
Sunil Kumar (Department of Psychology, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan)
U. K. Sinha (Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences, Delhi)

The purpose of the study is to know the psychological disturbances in children and adolescents involved in rag-picking. The sample consisted 250 children and adolescents which is selected from the community of rag-pickers in East Delhi, Near- Seemapuri. Developmental Psychopathology check list has been used to assess the state of mind of children in different areas and to know the emotional and behavioral problems of children. Highest scores of mean 8.05 which indicates that most of the children are suffering from developmental problems and stressful life also find the correlation between emotional and behavioral problems and self- esteem of children. Most of the variables are found high self -esteem of children in general self with development a psychopathology.