Family Environment of Male and Female Adolescents Studying in Government School

Adolescence is characterized by rapid changes in physical, cognitive and social development, beginning with puberty and ending in the acquisition of adult roles and responsibilities. With this emerging independence and new physical and cognitive abilities, adolescence is also characterized by experimentation and risk taking, sometimes with behaviors that may derail current and future health and wellbeing. The present study entitled “Family environment of male and female adolescents studying in government school� was conducted to assess the family environment of adolescents in Tura of Meghalaya. An explorative research design was adopted and Tura city of Meghalaya was selected purposively. The survey method was selected by using random sampling technique. Tura town of Meghalaya was selected purposively for the present study. A total sample of 100 youths comprising of 50 boys and 50 girls of Tura town of Meghalaya were selected and 20 respondents from each government sector were selected through stratified random sampling techniques from various schools. Family Environment Scale developed by Saini and Kaur (2015) was used to Family Environment of adolescents government schools in Tura town of Meghalaya. It is concluded from the study that majority of the respondents belonged to15-17 years of age group in government school and were having educational qualification 10th grade in government school. The finding pointed that the maximum numbers of female and male respondents was having average congenial level of family environment who are studying in government school. Results revealed a non-significant difference in the family relationship of male and female adolescents studying in government school.