Psychosocial Problems among Children in Difficult Circumstances

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Title

Psychosocial Problems among Children in Difficult Circumstances

Subject

Children in difficult circumstances
Psychosocial care
Behaviour problem
Adjustment
Self-esteem

Description

Childhood is the most important phase in a person’s life. The conducive environment available during this stage of life determines positive psychosocial development of an individual. The current study was conducted among 338 children in difficult circumstances to assess the stress, behaviour problem, adjustment in the areas of home, school, teachers, general and peers and self esteem. The results of the study brought out that, children in difficult circumstances undergo moderate to high stress. These children also exhibited higher behaviour problems which is antisocial and neurotic in nature. The adjustment is poor, especially, in the areas of general adjustment, teacher and school. The self esteem is also found to be average to poor. The results highlight the need for psychosocial interventions which are curative, preventive and promotive in nature to address the problems experienced by the children.

Creator

Sekar, K
Kavitha, P

Source

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2015): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 53-70
0000-0000
0975-329X

Publisher

Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

Date

2015-04-01

Rights

Copyright (c) 2016 Artha - Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

Relation

Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Text

Identifier

Citation

K Sekar and P Kavitha, Psychosocial Problems among Children in Difficult Circumstances, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2015, accessed November 23, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/157

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