Coping Strategies used by Adolescents with Verbal Behavior

By : Neelam Kumari , Kritika Kapoor , Prashant Srivastava

Page No: 399-405

Abstract
Adolescence, one of the key stages of development, is a period when many fundamental physical and psychological changes occur. Adolescents must cope with a higher number of the bio-psycho-social changes compared to children. When adolescents become able to cope with the controversial and problematic situations, their self-perception improves and matures. Verbal behavior is important part of day to day life experiences. It controls the behavior of a person. It also reflects the thought process of a person. Present study aims to assess coping strategies used by adolescents with negative verbal behavior. 100 Samples (Adolescent Boys) were included who were qualified the inclusion and exclusion criteria based on Stratified Random Sampling Technique. In present study cross sectional design was used. Tools: They were evaluated on Semi-structured interview schedule which was self prepared for assessing the coping strategy. The result revealed that maximum coping strategies used by adolescent boys to cope up from the negative verbal behavior is ignoring (35%).

Authors :
Kritika Kapoor : M.Sc. Human Development and Family Relations, Punjab University, Chandigarh.
Neelam Kumari : Associate Professor — Dept. of Human Development, Govt. Home Science College, Chandigarh.
Prashant Srivastava : Psychiatric Social Worker — Dept. of Psychiatry, Kalpana Chawla Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Karnal, Haryana and Ph.D Scholar, Dept. of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2018.13.02.14