Assess the effect of single parenting on emotional well being of adolescents in government higher secondary school at Kancheepuram District

Abstract

In recent years in single parent families have become focus of research in India, report feelings of loneliness, withdrawal, fear and anger. They are likely to face both social and emotional problems, suffer from distress and anxiety, and show high conflict and less cohesion with family members. The Objectives of the study was to assess the level of emotional well being among single parent adolescents. To find out the association between level of emotional well being of adolescents with their demographic variables. Quantitative approach and non-experimental descriptive research design was used. The data collection included two parts. Part A: Demographic variables, Part B: structured questionnaire to assess the level of emotional well being among adolescents. A total of 100 adolescents who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were chosen as samples by using non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted at Government Higher Secondary School at kancheepuram district. The data was analyzed and interpreted based on the objectives using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings showed that none of the adolescents have poor emotional well being;88(88%) adolescents had moderate emotional well being and 12(12%) adolescents had good emotional well being.