DOI 10.5958/2230-7311.2015.00008.2

Anxiety among Adolescents in relation to their

Socio-Economic Status

Mandeep Kaur and Simmi

1,2 Khalsa College of Education, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar, India.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between anxiety and socio-economic status of adolescents of

Amritsar city. The present study also examined the gender differences with respect to anxiety and socio-economic status among

adolescents. For this, 200 respondents fromAmritsar city of Punjab state were selected. The results of the study reveals no significant

difference in boys and girls on all the measured variables i.e. anxiety and socio-economic status. The findings of the study further

reveal no relationship between anxiety and socio-economic status.

Keywords: Anxiety, Socio-economic status, gender

Human life passes through various stages like infancy,

During this stage, adolescents need various opportunities

childhood, adolescence and adult hood. Among these stages,

for wholesome expressions of emotions. If emotions are not

adolescence is the most important period of human life in an

properly channelized, they are likely to spill over which may

individual make the transition from childhood to adulthood.

cause anxiety. Adolescents in this present era of competition

Adolescents go through many emotional upheavels and storms.

are living in an increasingly anxiety ridden atmosphere. 56.8%

There is a tide which begins to rise in the veins of youth of the

of the populationof higher secondary students experience one

age of eleven or twelve. It is called by the age of adolescence.

or other type of anxiety disorders and that females were

If that can be taken at the flood and a new voyage begun in

found to have high score ongeneralized anxiety, separation

the strength and along the flow of its current we think that it will

anxiety and total anxiety (Bartwal and Singh, 2011). Anxiety

on to fortune (Hodow Committee ,1993).

as a psychological disorder that is associated with significant

suffering and impairment in functioning. It is blend of thoughts

and feelings characterized by a sense uncontrollability and

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predictability over potentially aversive life events (Wilson,

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Nathon, O’Leary and Clark, 1996). Anxiety is an emotion

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based on the appraisal of threat, an appraisalwhich entails

symbolic, anticipatory and uncertain elements (Lazarus and

DOI:

Averill, 1972). It is the result of disability of cognitive system

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that make a person helpless to relate his life to the outside

world leading to failure. In the view of Cole, Joan, Lachan,

Address for correspondence

Mandeep Kaur, University School of Education, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India.

E-mail: dr.amitahuja@ipu.ac.in

Submission: 09 January, 2015

Accepted : 12 February, 2015

Acceptance: 21 March, 2015

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