Gender difference in resilience among undergraduate boys and girls with broken-heart

Pages:505-507
Sudha Katyal ( Department of Human Development and Family Relations, Govt. Home. Science College, Chandigarh)

The present investigation aimed to determine resilience among Undergraduate boys and girls with broken-heart. The study was carried out in Government as well as private co-educational colleges of Chandigarh. The sample comprised of 100 undergraduate students (50 boys + 50 girls) who were in the age range of 17- 21 years and had a heart-break in past 6 to 12 months. The findings revealed that 60% of the boys had heart break after being in non-committed relationship of 6-12 months duration. On the contrary, nearly 50% of the girls had heart break after being in committed relationship of 1-2 years. For more than 50% of boys and girls, nearly 6-12 months had passed after their break-up when the investigator collected the data. The results revealed that majority of boys had moderate to high level of resilience while majority of girls exhibited just moderate resilience. However, there was no significant difference in resilience of boys and girls.