International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Renuka Joshi ¹, Kanchan Yadav ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, D.A.V. (PG) College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the effects of Parental encouragement on temperament of adolescent girls and boys from class 9th to 12th standards. 2×2 factorial design was used. Data was collected from 120 high school students divided into 60 boys and 60 girls. Parental encouragement scale developed by Sharma (1987) was used to asses the parental encouragement, and Temperament scale developed by Chadda and Chandana was used to measure temperament of the subjects. Mean, SD, and F test were used for statistical analysis of obtained scores. Results indicated significant difference among adolescent boys and girls.

Keywords

Temperament, Parental Encouragement, Adolescent Boys and Girls.

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