Anxiety among High School Students in India: Comparisons across Gender, School Type, Social Strata and Perceptions of Quality Time with Parents

Autor/inn/en	Deb, Sibnath; Chatterjee, Pooja; Walsh, Kerryann
Titel	Anxiety among High School Students in India: Comparisons across Gender, School Type, Social Strata and Perceptions of Quality Time with Parents
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 10 (2010), S.18-31 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1446-5442
Schlagwörter	Middle Class; Employment Level; Mothers; Psychological Testing; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Fathers; Anxiety; Males; Females; High School Students; Gender Differences; Social Status; Parent Child Relationship; Comparative Analysis; Institutional Characteristics; Attitude Measures; Questionnaires; Incidence; Social Class; Socioeconomic Status; Parent Influence; English; Language of Instruction; Indo European Languages; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittelschicht; Beschäftigungsgrad; Mother; Mutter; Psychological test; psychological tests; Psychological examination; Psychologischer Test; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Angst; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Status; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen; Vorkommen; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; English language; Englisch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Indoeuropäisch; Indien
Abstract	The broad objective of the study was to understand better anxiety among adolescents in Kolkata city, India. Specifically, the study compared anxiety across gender, school type, socio-economic background and mothers' employment status. The study also examined adolescents' perceptions of quality time with their parents. A group of 460 adolescents (220 boys and 240 girls), aged 13-17 years were recruited to participate in the study via a multi-stage sampling technique. The data were collected using a self-report semi-structured questionnaire and a standardized psychological test, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results show that anxiety was prevalent in the sample with 20.1% of boys and 17.9% of girls found to be suffering from high anxiety. More boys were anxious than girls (p less than 0.01). Adolescents from Bengali medium schools were more anxious than adolescents from English medium schools (p less than 0.01). Adolescents belonging to the middle class (middle socio-economic group) suffered more anxiety than those from both high and low socio-economic groups (p less than 0.01). Adolescents with working mothers were found to be more anxious (p less than 0.01). Results also show that a substantial proportion of the adolescents perceived they did not receive quality time from fathers (32.1%) and mothers (21.3%). A large number of them also did not feel comfortable to share their personal issues with their parents (60.0% for fathers and 40.0% for mothers). (Contains 5 tables and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: ajedp@newcastle.edu.au; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
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Update	2017/4/10