Psycho-social behavior pattern of unmarried adolescent girls in urban area of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Abstract

Adolescence is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood in which many interrelated physical social and psychological changes take place. Adolescent girls in India face several social restrictions sex discrimination nutritional deprivation and some other adverse situations unlike those in developed countries. With expansion of telecommunication and media across cultural boundaries the problems of western societies are also being added up while very little or slow improvement is observed in previously existing ones. The health of adolescents as well as their development is particularly dependent on their behavior which is heavily influenced by the environment in which they live. Psychosocial behavior of adolescents is a complex interaction of psychological growth social environment education and exposure to the outer world. It is very important to study different aspects of their psycho-social behavior as health-related outcomes are also affected by it. Uttar Pradesh (UP) being a state having annual growth rate of only 2.3% consistently falls below the national standards in health education and general quality of life indicator. The present study was conducted to investigate psycho-social behavior pattern of unmarried adolescent girls in relation to their school education in Allahabad city of U.P. (excerpt)