Open AccessThe status of value orientation among rural and urban adolescents
Author(s) -
Manpreet Kaur,
Tejpreet Kaur Kang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advance research journal of social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-6418
pISSN - 0976-5611
DOI - 10.15740/has/arjss/11.2/47-53
Subject(s) - social value orientations , value (mathematics) , prestige , rural area , socioeconomics , psychology , social status , demography , geography , sociology , medicine , social science , mathematics , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , mathematical economics , pathology
The present study entitled ‘the status of value orientation among rural and urban adolescents’ was undertaken in the Ludhiana and Kapurthala districts of Punjab. The study was designed to sassess the status of value orientation among rural and urban adolescents. The sample for the present study comprised of 480 adolescents within the age group of 16-18 years [boys (n=120) and girls (n=120) from rural (n=120) as well as urban area (n=120)]. Personal Value Questionnaire by Sherry and Verma was used to assess the value orientation of adolescents. The scale consisted of 40 items representing ten types of values namely Religious Values, Social Values, Democratic Values, Aesthetic Values, Economic Values, Knowledge Values, Hedonistic Values, Power Values, Family Prestige Values and Health Values. Results revealed that more number of urban females were having high level of aesthetic value, knowledge value, power value and health value whereas more number of rural females had high level of social value and total value orientation. More number of rural males were having high level of power value and health value. More number of rural respondents had low level of aesthetic value in value orientation as compared to urban respondents.