A Study On Family Climate Of Urban And Rural Adolescents

Abstract

The family climate can be portrayed according to the interpersonal relationships among the family members, the directions of the personal growth which are emphasized in the system, and the family’s basic organizational structure. The objective of the current study is to understand the family climate of urban and rural adolescents. The sample comprised of 120 students of age range 16 to 18 years 60 each from urban and rural areas. The tool used for the purpose of assessing Family Climate is Family Climate Inventory. The obtained results were analyzed using Two-way Analysis of Variance. The findings indicate that urban and rural adolescents differ significantly in the Family Supervision and Family Expression of love. The results also revealed that there is no significant difference between the urban and rural adolescents in their family support and family functioning. Significant gender difference has been noted in the family support received. In other areas such as family supervision, family expression of love and family functioning boys and girls did not differ significantly.