Well-being in relation to gender differences among adolescents

Pages: 1129-1131
Rashida Masrat and Shah Alam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood to adulthood that involved biological, cognitive, and socio emotional changes. It is referred as a period of transition and challenge for children and their families both. Adolescence is the most vulnerable age for development, when the child once entering in this stage requires intensive readjustment to school, social and family life. While many adolescents experience anxiety, unpleasant or strange feeling. Gender is the biggest problem in present scenario where female adolescents are discriminated in front of male adolescents. It is duty of the parents to encourage their children to take part in all activities such as physical, social, spiritual etc., so that their wellbeing will be increased. Well-being is a state of being with others, where human needs are met, where one can act meaningfully to pursue one’s goals, and where one enjoys a satisfactory quality of life. Well-being can be defined as an expression of life satisfaction, as a way to influence the quality of society and its citizens. The aim of the present study is to examine the gender difference among male and female adolescents. The sample of 50 male and 50 female adolescents (N=100) were randomly selected from A.M.U schools. The age ranges from 18-21 years. For the present study the scale of wellbeing developed by Jagsharanbir Singh and Dr. Asha Gupta, (2001) was administered on the participants. The findings revealed that there is a significant difference between male and female adolescents on wellbeing. Significant difference was also found between male and female adolescents on different dimensions of wellbeing such as physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual.