Gender related trends in development of emotional autonomy amoung rural and urban adolescents

Pages: 228-232
Parvinder Kaur and Jatinder Kaur (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab)

The present investigation was under taken to assess the trends of emotional autonomy among male and female adolescents in urban and rural areas. The study was conducted on 240 adolescents (120 males & 120 females) belonging to two parent intact families. The sample was further equally distributed over the two locales (120 rural & 120 urban). Emotional Autonomy Scale was used to assess the level of emotional autonomy among adolescents Results revealed that the largest percentage of adolescents were highly emotional autonomous where as the largest percentage of females held emotional autonomy at lower level. Male adolescents highly perceived their parents as people, de-idealized from their parents at lower level, were more emotionally independent and were highly individualized as compared to their female counterparts. Males were significantly emotionally more autonomous as compared to females. Gender differences in emotional autonomy were stronger in rural adolescents as compared to urban adolescents.