Loneliness and Locus of Control among Adolescents Belonging To Nuclear and Joint Families

Dr Roopali Sharma Dr Roopali Sharma,Nikhat Kaura Nikhat Kaura

doi:10.25215/0301.080

Dr Roopali Sharma Dr Roopali Sharma, Nikhat Kaura Nikhat Kaura

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https://doi.org/10.25215/0301.080

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Abstract

Family plays a very prominent and important role in an adolescent’s life. Adolescents may encounter rejections and subsequently develop the feeling of loneliness. The study aims to investigate loneliness and locus of control among adolescents belonging to joint and nuclear families. A total of 120 adolescents (males=60; females=60) in age range of 15-17 years residing in nuclear and joint families. Locus of Control Scale Indian Adaptation of Levensons Scale (Vohra, 1992) and Perceived Loneliness Scale (Jha, 1997) were administered to the participants. Analysis of variance revealed that the adolescents belonging to nuclear and joint families significantly differed on loneliness score. Results indicated that there was no difference between powerful others, chance control (external factors) and adolescents in nuclear and joint families, and individual control (internal factors) and adolescents in nuclear and joint families. Hence, it can be concluded that adolescents in nuclear families were lonelier as compared to adolescents in joint families. The study also shows that adolescents residing in joint families possessed higher internal locus of control whereas adolescents from nuclear families had higher external locus of control.

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Plays a very prominent and important role in an adolescent’s life
It means that adolescents from joint and nuclear families have similar effect of powerful others on their outcomes in life. It indicate that adolescents in nuclear families have more influence of chance or fate on their outcomes in life than joint families adolescent. It revealed that adolescents in joint families have higher internal locus of control than adolescents in nuclear families
It shows that nuclear family adolescents have more loneliness than joint family adolescents

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Plays a very prominent and important role in an adolescent’s life. Adolescents may encounter rejections and subsequently develop the feeling of loneliness. The study aims to investigate loneliness and locus of control among adolescents belonging to joint and nuclear families. Analysis of variance revealed that the adolescents belonging to nuclear and joint families significantly differed on loneliness score. The study shows that adolescents residing in joint families possessed higher internal locus of control whereas adolescents from nuclear families had higher external locus of control. When a child is born, the first thing he encounters is his or her family It holds utmost importance in an individual’s life. There are times when an individual feels lonely while he/she is around his/her family. This can emerge when children or adolescents feel that they do not have any meaningful social relationship, and when the support system provided by family or social media is lacking. The study shows that in a culture which lays emphasis on family, an individual feels less lonely than in a culture where a family is not given sufficient emphasis

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