EFFECT OF PARENTAL ECONOMIC STATUS ON LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AMONG TRIBAL ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

In order to know the effect of parental economic status on life skills development among tribal adolescents, a descriptive survey research design was adopted. Total of 315 tribal adolescents of the age group (12 to 15 years) and 325 tribal adolescents of the age group of 16 to 18 years were selected from different high schools situated in tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh. In the study, incidental sampling technique was used. The data were collected with the help of adapted version of Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS) developed by Nair, Subasree and Ranjan (2010). For analysis of data, statistical technique of Analysis of Variance (one way) was applied. The findings of the study revealed that the tribal students (12 to 15 years old) with different levels of parental economic status differed significantly from each other with respect to their thinking skills. On the other hand, tribal school students (16 to 18 years old) belonging to different parental economic statuses did not differ significantly from each other in terms of their thinking skills. Further, there was a significant difference in the social skills of tribal students with different levels of parental economic status. In addition to this, tribal students belonging to different parental economic status did not differ significantly from each other in terms of their emotional skills, irrespective of their age group. Tribal students with different levels of parental economic status differed significantly from each other concerning their overall life skills. In the case of tribal students (16 to 18 years old) with different levels of parental economic status, they did not differ significantly from each other concerning their overall life skills. The educational implications have been discussed at the end of the manuscript.