EFFECT OF CASTEISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY AND VALUES OF ADOLESCENTS

Psychology

The sense of value is an essential attribute of the human consciousness. It is the sense which prompts and guides the unceasing quest of the common thread of goodness in the good human being, the good society and the good life. Psychological security is a factors which to a great extent determine the personality of adolescents. Security is a state of mind in which one is willing to accept the consequences of one’s behaviours. The insecurity state of a person is an emotional problem, a state of being in disturbance due to the feeling of tension, strain and conflict together with other consequences of tension, e.g. nervousness. Adolescence is a time of transition from childhood to being an independent adult; it is a period of life characterized by change and by moving away from one's family and towards one's peers. Keeping in view this time of transition in adolescents this study examined relationship between casteism, psychological security and different kind of values in male and female adolescents. A total of 180 students of different caste were randomly selected from various schools of Jodhpur city. Of these, each 60 adolescent students were from general caste, schedule caste and schedule tribes caste respectively with age ranging from 15-18 years. Out of these 180 adolescents, 90 adolescent students are male and 90 are female adolescent students. Security- Insecurity Inventory by Govind Tiwari and H. M. Singh and A New Test For Study of Values by Shashi Gilani were administered individually on all the participants. It was hypothesized that there will be significant differences in the level of psychological security and values of adolescents belonging to different castes. The t-test and correlation was applied to analyze the data. Findings revealed that casteism have some impact in the development of psychological security and values in adolescents.

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