A Comparative Study on Psychosocial Problems of Adolescents between Selected Urban and Rural Schools at Udaipur

Abstract

Background: Adolescence is a transition phase from childhood to adulthood, which is marked by several biological, cognitive, and psychosocial changes. Adolescents are facing multitude of problems throughout the world. Adolescents suffer from psychosocial problems at 1 time or the other during their development. Childhood behavioral disorders are the second leading cause of disease burden in young adolescents aged 10–14 years and the 11th leading cause among older adolescents aged 15–19 years. Materials and Methods: The research approach adopted for the present study was descriptive survey approach used to assess the level of psychosocial problems of adolescents between selected urban and rural schools at Udaipur. Chi–square is used to find the association between the level of psychosocial problems score of the respondents and selected baseline variables. Results: There was a significant association between the level of psychosocial problems score with selected baseline variables. In rural group such as age in year (χ2 = 12.10), family type (χ2 = 13.13), monthly family income (χ2 = 8.42), father educational status (χ2 = 18.35), father occupational status (χ2 = 14.25), mother occupational status (χ2 = 17.14), and living with (χ2 = 9.15) was significant at 0.05 level and there was no significant association between gender, mother educational status, birth order, and any previous history of head injury or mental problems at 0.05 level. Conclusion: The focus of this study was to compare psychosocial problems of adolescents between selected urban or rural schools at Udaipur.