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Psyhcological Capital among Adolescents: AStudy of Gender Differences


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The present study was undertaken to assess the determinants of psychological capital among rural and urban adolescents in rural and urban 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. Ascale developed by Luthans, Y oussef, and Avolio (2007) was used to assess the psychological capital among adolescents. Significant locale differences is existed which revealed that major proportion of respondents were found at medium level of psychological capital. Among total sample it was found significantly that at medium level of psychological capital boys are head of girls.

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psychological capital and adolescents
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Deepali Dogra
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
T ejpreet 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 in rural and urban 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. Ascale developed by Luthans, Y oussef, and Avolio (2007) was used to assess the psychological capital among adolescents. Significant locale differences is existed which revealed that major proportion of respondents were found at medium level of psychological capital. Among total sample it was found significantly that at medium level of psychological capital boys are head of girls.

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psychological capital and adolescents

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i2%2F215352