Value Orientation Among Adolescents: A Study of Gender and Locale Differences

The present study entitled 'value orientation among rural and urban adolescent boys and girls' was undertaken in the Kapurthala district of Punjab. The study was designed to compare value orientation of adolescents across gender and locale. The sample comprised of 200 adolescents (100 boys & 100 girls) of age group 14-16 years. Personal Value Questionnaire by Sherry and Verma (1994) was used to assess the value orientation of adolescents. The scale consists of 40 items representing ten types of values namely Religious Values, Social Values, Democratic Values, Aesthetic Values, Economic Values, Knowledge Values, Hedonistic Values, Power Values, Family Prestige Values and Health Values. Gender differences revealed that girls possessed more values as compared to boys. In locale differences urban adolescents were found to possess more values as compared to rural adolescents.