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Impact of Interpersonal Conflicts on Psycho-Social Behaviour among Adolescents Girls


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1 Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences and Languages Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 VIT Business School (VITBS), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
     

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The goals of the research is to examine the impact of interpersonal conflicts on psycho-social behaviour of adolescents girls. The group consisted of 1218 adolescents girls in the age group of 13-18 years selected by convenient sampling method. Twelve Government schools were selected from twelve districts of Tamil Nadu. Overall, our findings suggested that the conflict in family, conflict with parents, siblings and friends were significantly influenced psychological and social factors such as emotional intelligence, resilience, stress, family environment, school problem, social problem and personal problems.

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Conflict in Family, Conflict with Parents, Conflict with Siblings, Conflict with Friends, Psychological.
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Authors

Maya Rathnasabapathy
Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences and Languages Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Maharishi
Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences and Languages Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Athilakshmi
Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences and Languages Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
J. Reeves Wesley
VIT Business School (VITBS), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


The goals of the research is to examine the impact of interpersonal conflicts on psycho-social behaviour of adolescents girls. The group consisted of 1218 adolescents girls in the age group of 13-18 years selected by convenient sampling method. Twelve Government schools were selected from twelve districts of Tamil Nadu. Overall, our findings suggested that the conflict in family, conflict with parents, siblings and friends were significantly influenced psychological and social factors such as emotional intelligence, resilience, stress, family environment, school problem, social problem and personal problems.

Keywords


Conflict in Family, Conflict with Parents, Conflict with Siblings, Conflict with Friends, Psychological.

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