Quality of life among adolescents in Goa

Pages: 255-258
Tina D’Cunha (Post Graduate Department of Psychology St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Goa )
H. L. Kaila (Professor of Psychology Mumbai, Maharastra)

Adolescence is a time when most young people have to make decisions (by choice, compulsion or default) that
frequently have lasting consequences throughout the rest of their lives. These experiences have an impact on the
experience of their quality of life. The present study aimed at assessing the percentage of adolescents experiencing
the various levels of quality of life. The study was based on adolescents in Goa. The WHO’s Quality of Life scale –
BREF (WHOQOL- BREF) was used to gather the research data. Apercentage mapping on Quality of life across the
three phases of adolescence indicated most adolescents perceive high and average quality of life with none showing
in the low perception category. Acomparison of the phases indicated that a higher percentage of middle adolescents
experienced a higher quality of life.