Evaluation of Adolescent’s Life Skills in Relation to Rural and Urban Communities of Punjab

Life skills are abilities for adaptive and position behavior that enable individual to deal effectively with the demand and challenges of everyday life. In the present study we have reported that social skills and emotional skills were the two important life skill variables for assessment of adolescent‟s behavior. In our research work we have followed the random sampling method for calculating the percentage of adolescent‟s in rural and urban areas for coping with emotions and self-awareness. A sample of 200 adolescents was selected from the various school of Punjab regions. Adolescents were divided into two categories. 100 adolescents were from rural area, and 100 from urban area. They were further bifurcated into 50 male adolescents and 50 female adolescents from each respectively. On statistical analysis it was found that Sample adolescents had average level of life skills. Dimension wise analysis revealed that they scored least in the dimension of coping with emotions, pointing to the need for more emphasis on acquisition of this skill to deal with the ever-demanding requirements of everyday life. A highly significant correlation was found between self-awareness among rural and urban adolescents. In addition to this we have also found that there are significant differences in coping with emotions of rural and urban adolescents. Our study highlighted that self-awareness and emotions play a crucial role in making virtuous behavior of adolescents.