Psyhcological Capital among Adolescents: A Study of Gender Differences

Pages: 87-93
Deepali Dogra and Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab)

The present study was undertaken to assess the determinants of psychological capital among rural and urban adolescents in rural and urban Ludhiana district of Punjab state. The sample comprised of 400 school going adolescents (16-18 years) selected randomly from Government Senior Secondary Schools. A personal information sheet was used to record data regarding demographic profile. A scale developed by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio (2007) was used to assess the psychological capital among adolescents. Significant locale differences is existed which revealed that major proportion of respondents were found at medium level of psychological capital. Among total sample it was found significantly that at medium level of psychological capital boys are head of girls.