Life Skills and Family Environment

by Dalvir Singh

ISBN: 9788193476963
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Imprint : Scholars World
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 4495.00
Biblio : xvi+90p., figs., tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Mr. Dalvir Singh hails from Sangrur, a district of Punjab, India. He has cleared his NET exam in Education and completed M.Phil., M.Ed., M.A. (Political Science) from Punjabi University, Patiala. Presently, he is pursuing Ph.D. in Education from Punjabi University, Patiala. His findings has been published in national as well as international journals. Previously, he has taught B.Ed. classes in Sukhdeva Krishna College of Education, Moga. Now, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, Asian College of Education Patiala.

About The Book

Family environment is considered as a system where the behaviour and relationship among all family members are inter-dependent. The family environment maintains its importance for the psychological development of the child and the life skills are non-academic abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individual to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. In this book, an attempt has been made to analyse whether family environment helps in developing life skills and makes the adolescents psychological hard.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements v Preface vii List of Figures xiii List of Tables xv 1. Introduction 1 1.1 General 1.1 Conceptual Framework 1.1.1 Life Skills 1.1.2 Psychological Hardiness 1.1.3 Family Environment 1.2 Need and Significance of the Study 1.3 Statement of the Problem 1.4 Objectives of the Study 1.5 Delimitations of the Study 1.6 Operational Definitions of the Terms Used 2. Review of Literature 17 2.1 Studies Related to Life Skills 2.2 Studies Related to Psychological Hardiness 2.3 Studies Related to Family Environment 2.4 Overview 2.4.1 Life Skills 2.4.2 Psychological Hardiness 2.4.3 Family Environment 2.5 Hypotheses of the Study 3. Methods and Procedure 41 3.1 Research Method 3.2 Population of the Study and Sampling 3.3 Research Tools Used 3.3.1 Life Skills Scale 3.3.2 Psychological Hardiness Scale 3.3.3 Family Environment Scale 3.4 Data Collection 3.5 Scoring of Tools 3.5.1 Life Skills Scale 3.5.2 Psychological Hardiness Scale 3.5.3 Family Environment Scale 3.6 Statisical Techniques Used 4. Analysis and Interpretation of Data 49 4.1 Life Skills among Adolescents: A Description 4.2 Gender Differences in Life Skills among Adolescents 4.3 Life Skills among Adolescents in Relation to Type of School 4.4 Life Skills among Adolescents in Relation to Locale 4.5 Life Skills among Adolescents in Relation to Social Class 4.6 Life Skills among Adolescents in Relation to Academic Achievement 4.7 Life Skills in Relation to Psychological Hardiness 4.8 Life Skills among Adolescents in Relation to Family Environment 4.9 Family Environment as a Predictor of Life Skills among Adolescents 4.10 Psychological Hardiness among Adolescents in Relation to Family Environment 4.11 Family Environment as a Predictor of Psychological Hardiness among Adolescents 4.12 Testing of Hypotheses 4.13 Discussion 5. Summary and Conclusions 65 5.1 Summary 5.2 Conclusions 5.3 Suggestions for Educational Implications 5.4 Suggestions for Further Research Bibliography 79