Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pinki ¹, Krishna Duhan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Parental aspiration are often amazed with parents' educational achievements (how much parents expect from their children schooling to complete).Mental health is a key which shows the level to which the person has been able to meet his environmental loads i.e. social, emotional or physical; and the extent to which he gets himself mentally worried, therefore the study was conducted to examine the parental aspiration and mental health of adolescents. The study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state in rural and urban area. A list of adolescents studying in arts and science stream from XI and XII class was prepared from govt. and private schools of rural and urban area i.e. 100 from rural area and 100 from urban area from thus making a total sample of 200 adolescents. Parental aspiration scale by Grover and Grover (1987) was used to assess perceived parental aspiration of respondents, and mental health inventory by Jagdish and Shrivastva (1983) to assess mental health of respondents. The finding elucidates that science stream and private school respondents perceived high level of parental aspiration than their counter parts. Results further revealed significant differences for stream of education and type of school. Results further pinpointed that science stream and private school respondents had better mental health than arts stream and govt. school respondents.

Keywords

Perceived Parental Aspiration, Mental Health, Adolescents, School.

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Pinki ¹, K. Duhan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Academic stress is a mental discomfort with respect to some expected frustration related with academic failure. Parents which serves as first school for the child appears to be an important source of rising expectation, therefore the study was conducted to examine the relationship of parental aspiration and with academic stress. The study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state in rural and urban area. A list of adolescents was prepared from rural and urban area i.e. 100 from rural area and 100 from urban area thus making a total sample of 200 adolescents. The sample represents equal number of boys and girls ranging in 16-18 years of age group comprising equal sample size with regards to area of residence. Parental aspiration scale by Grover and Grover (1987) was used to assess perceived parental aspiration of respondents, and academic stress scale by Rao (2012) was used to assess academic stress of respondents. The finding elucidates that urban respondents perceived higher parental aspiration than rural respondents. The results further highlighted that female respondents perceived higher parental aspiration than their counterparts. Results further revealed that urban respondents face more academic stress than rural respondents. Results further pinpointed that ordinal position, occupation of mother, and parent's income of the respondents was significantly and negative correlated with academic stress. Parental aspiration and parent's education was significantly and positively correlated with academic stress.

Keywords

Parental Aspiration, Parental Education, Academic Stress, Adolescents.

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Poonam Yadav ¹, Poonam Malik ¹, Monika ¹, Pinki ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Klinefelter syndrome is a rare condition in which one extra X chromosome (XXY) is present in males rather than the normal XY chromosomal pattern. It occurs in 1 in 500-1000 males. It occurs because of some random error during egg formation or sperm production.These types of children are slightly different from normal ones. Individuals with KS have some physical characteristics like tall stature, hypogonadism, gynacomastia, delayed or incomplete puberty, impaired spermatogenesis. KS can also lead to emotional, behavioural, social and other problems at school or college level. Some of the studies revealed that individual with KS have increased risk of language disorder. Parents also have a lot of burden or stress due to their sons' delayed or impaired development.About 1/4th of the total individuals having KS are diagnosed throughout their life span. Lifespan of boys having KS is approximately 2 years less than the normal boys.Diagnosis or Treatment of Klinefelter syndrome should be started at an early age.

Keywords

Klinfelter Syndrome, XXY, Hypogonadism, Gynacomastia, Chromosome.

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