Shilpa Siby, R. Nithya
Background
Socially
challenged adolescents are a sensitive group of disturbed children whose
opportunity for healthy personal development and full unfolding of their
potentialities are hampered due to certain elements in his /her social
environment. A problematic social
environment can directly or indirectly affect the emotional, social, cognitive
and behavioural development of an adolescent. As a repercussion the adolescents
are facing mental health issues leading to suicidal attempts, major and minor
crimes and substance abuse making them at risk. Statistical
reports show that in adolescent's major and minor crimes, suicidal attempts and
misconduct have risen by leaps and bounds in the last few years.
Objective
The
aim of the study is to identify the relationship among Delinquency proneness, Metacognition,
Social competence and Emotional competence in socially challenged adolescent
students.
Methods
By
using purposive sampling technique seventy five socially challenged adolescent students
of age 14-16 were identified through the schools in Kerala with the help of
Socially challenged Adolescent Scale (SCAS),a standardised tool developed by
the researcher and Dr.R.Nithya . After the screening procedure with the help of
the Socially challenged Adolescent Scale (SCAS) personal sheet and other four standardised
tools including Delinquency Proneness Scale, Meta-Cognitive Skills Scale,
Adolescents Social Competence Scale and Emotional Competence Scale were administered
among Socially Challenged Adolescent students.
Results
Based
on research objectives and hypotheses statistical technique such as correlation
was used to find out if there is any significant relationship between the
variables among Socially Challenged Adolescent students. The results showed
that there exist a significant relationship between Deliquency proneness, Metacognition,
Social competence and Emotional competence among the samples.
Conclusion
This study throws light on the emerging issues faced by
adolescents thus giving insight to the society to give immediate, friendly and
accessible supporting hand for the young generation.
Socially Challenged Adolescents Students, Social
Environment, Social competency, Emotional competency, Delinquency Proneness
VOL.14, ISSUE No.1, March 2022