Student Problems as Related to Family Environment: A Comparative Study of Single and Dual Earning Families

The present study was conducted to identity the problems of students studying in IX and X standard as well as to find out the relationship of problems of students belonging to single and dual earning families with their family environment. The sample comprised of randomly selected 100 students, with 50 students each from single and dual earning families, studying in five different Government Models Schools of Chandigarh. The findings highlighted that students from single earning families were found to have more of academic problems while students from dual earning families were found to have more of social and personal problems as compared to their counterparts from single earning families. It was also found that highly significant differences existed between the two types of samples with regard to cohesion, independence, organization and recreational orientation of their families. Findings also showed that as student problems increased, the scores on family environment decreased.