Behavioral and Emotional Changes among Adolescent Populace
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 7
Abstract
Background: Adolescents are vulnerable population who would experience emotional changes. Lack of proper channeling their emotions would lead to drastic behavioral change. Psychological or emotional changes during puberty manifest in different ways but often through a change in behavior. The confusion and the indecisiveness that your teenager experiences during the transition period also translate into a conflict of interest at times. Materials and Methods: This study was done among the adolescent populace as community-based cross-sectional study among 450 students from private schools and 342 students from government schools who were taken for the study. Results: This study included 792 adolescents’ school children from both private and government schools with the mean age of 15.3 years. Majority 420 (53%) of the study population were belonging to 12–15 years, whereas the remaining 372 (47%) were from 16 to 19 years. The study population showed conscious about losing weight (296, 37%), building muscles (366, 46%), spending more time in front of the mirror (320, 40%), and conscious about facial beauty (437, 55%). Feeling of uncertainty was expressed by 375 (47%) of the study population and conflict of thought was seen among 457 (57%) of the study population. Conclusion: Our study has described that the majority of the adolescent populace are undergoing emotional distress which is actually a dangerous sign for the future community, to be initiated as soon as possible for the well-being of the future generation.
Authors and Affiliations
Pradeep Rajan Sundara Rajan, Saranya Nagalingam, Balaji Arumugam
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