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Effect of Age and Family Structure on Spirituality of Adolescents


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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of age and family structure on spirituality of adolescents. A total of 120 adolescents from Meerut district were selected for this study. There were three age groups of adolescents, early (12-14), middle (15-17), and late (18-20) adolescents. There were 40 subjects in each age group. Further in each group there were 20 subjects of nuclear family and 20 subjects of joint family . Data collection was done through spirituality scale constructed by Delaney (2003). The data were analyzed through ANOV A, mean and multiple comparison test. The result indicates that age and family structure have significant effect on spirituality

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age, family structure, spirituality , adolescents
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Nidhi
Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University , Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alpna Agarwal
Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University , Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of age and family structure on spirituality of adolescents. A total of 120 adolescents from Meerut district were selected for this study. There were three age groups of adolescents, early (12-14), middle (15-17), and late (18-20) adolescents. There were 40 subjects in each age group. Further in each group there were 20 subjects of nuclear family and 20 subjects of joint family . Data collection was done through spirituality scale constructed by Delaney (2003). The data were analyzed through ANOV A, mean and multiple comparison test. The result indicates that age and family structure have significant effect on spirituality

Keywords


age, family structure, spirituality , adolescents

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i2%2F215355