Comparative study between government and private school girls on the dimension of parental encouragement

Pages: 1828-1833
Srishti Arora and Pranita Gaur (Department of Psychology, Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Parental Encouragement is essential for the children at all stages of life, it is extremely important especially during the adolescence phase. It is a period of stress as these children have to deal with physical, emotional, intellectual and social change. Parents through their encouragement and nurturance foster a sense of motivation in adolescents, which helps them to achieve and become well-adjusted members of the society. Since, parental encouragement plays a vital role throughout the educational journey of a child, a study was undertaken to assess the parental encouragement of girls studying in both Government (n=30) and Private (n=30) schools and a comparative analysis was drawn. Data was collected from both the groups by using Parental encouragement scale (Sharma, 1998). The t-value was calculated and the results of the present study revealed that there is a significant difference in the parental encouragement of government and private school girls.