Comparision of peer relationship of adolescents in relation to their gender and residential area

Abstract

Adolescents is the most vulnerable stage to the emotional problems. During adolescence period, peers play a large part in a young person’s life. Teenagers have various peer relationships and they interact with many peer groups. Through these relationships, children and adolescents explore their self-identities and develop skills in forming and maintaining peer relationship. This study examines the impacts of Peer Relationship in relation to their residential area and gender of adolescents. The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. Two areas were selected purposively i.e., rural and urban, from urban area Hisar city and from rural area two villages namely Gawar and Shamsukh were taken for collection of data. From each schools 30 boys and 30 girls of 13-15 year (240 adolescents) were included in final sample. Peer Relations Questionnaire (PRQ) by Rigby and Slee (1993) was used for assessing Peer Relationship. The results reveal that statistically significant differences were observed in mean score of adolescents for pro- social behaviour against residential area and non-significant differences were observed against gender in all aspects of peer relationship.