Influence of Family Climate, Relations with Peers and Adjustment on Adolescents' Well-Being

The present study aims to find out how the family climate, relations with peers and adjustment with others influence the overall personality and well- being of adolescents. The sample of 100 adolescents (25 boys and 25 girls from Government schools and 25 boys and 25 girls from public schools) was taken who were the students of 11th and 12th standard from various streams and administered on the Dimensions of Friendship Scale (DFS) by Chandna and Chadha, Adjustment Inventory for School Students by Sinha and Singh and Family Climate Scale by Shah. Data interpretation of Government and public school students on the peer group relations shows that on the dimension of enjoyment, trust, mutual assistance, understanding and spontaneity the students of Government and public schools do not differ significantly but on the dimension of acceptance and confiding they show significant difference. No significant difference is seen on the adjustment dimension. On the family climate variable significant difference is seen. Family climate of public school students is better than government school students.