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Psyhcological Capital among Adolescents: A Study of Locale Differences


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The present study was undertaken to assess the determinants of psychological capital among rural and urban adolescents residing in 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. Psychological Capital scale developed by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio was used to assess the psychological capital among adolescents. Significant locale-wise differences were found at low level of efficacy dimension of psychological capital. Significant locale differences existed between adolescents which revealed that major proportion of rural respondents than urban respondents were found at medium level of psychological capital. Higher percentage of urban respondents then rural respondents existed at medium category of optimism dimension of psychological capital. With regard to total sample significant locale differences were found at medium level as well as among boys of both rural and urban areas.

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Psychological Capital, Adolescents
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Deepali Dogra
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Tejpreet Kaur Kang
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


The present study was undertaken to assess the determinants of psychological capital among rural and urban adolescents residing in 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. Psychological Capital scale developed by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio was used to assess the psychological capital among adolescents. Significant locale-wise differences were found at low level of efficacy dimension of psychological capital. Significant locale differences existed between adolescents which revealed that major proportion of rural respondents than urban respondents were found at medium level of psychological capital. Higher percentage of urban respondents then rural respondents existed at medium category of optimism dimension of psychological capital. With regard to total sample significant locale differences were found at medium level as well as among boys of both rural and urban areas.

Keywords


Psychological Capital, Adolescents

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