title: The psychological world of adolescence: a comparative evaluation between rural and urban girls.
abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted to get an insight into the psychological world of adolescence and to study the influence of locality and school-going activity on it. The study group comprised of 240 girls in the age group 12-18 years equally representing urban and rural areas. Using two psychological tests, namely Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire and Health-Related Quality of Life Inventory, the results revealed that two-third of them were in the problematic and borderline category as per SDQ and one-third as per PedsQL. Further, there was a definite linear relationship between the total problem score of both scales. This was irrespective of the locale and school-going activity. The results indicate the need for building psychological infrastructure into the social system to help adolescents girls grow to their potential.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development, Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Manju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhoundiyal
authors.forename: Renuka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venkatesh