Open AccessPSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING DECISION OF YOUNG ADULTS TO STUDY ABROAD
Author(s) -
Nisha Karim Ali,
Amrita Ali
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.2.1/006
Subject(s) - psychosocial , likert scale , psychology , young adult , quality of life (healthcare) , scale (ratio) , survey research , gerontology , medicine , applied psychology , developmental psychology , geography , psychiatry , cartography , psychotherapist
OBJECTIVESThe purpose of the study is to identify and describe the most persistent psychosocial factors that influence young adults of Karachi to take up the decision of studying abroad.STUDY DESIGNIt was a cross sectional study. Respondents of the study were young adults currently abroad or planning to go abroad for higher studies from Karachi, ages ranging between 18 to 30 years. In this regard, a closed ended questionnaire was made on Likert scale. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used to collect the data with the sampling size of 170 students.RESULTSOut of 170 participants, the majority were male which counted to 117, whereas female participants were only 53. From the mean of all the independent variables, it was found that factors affecting quality of life is the most persistent, having M=3.36 with ±0.718 SD among all that encourage young adults to take decision to study abroad. For future research, comparative analysis can be done to find the reasoning behind young adults those who are applying and those who are not for higher education abroad.CONCLUSIONThe three highlighted issues, which became focus of this study includes quality of education, social & personal factors, and quality of life. In this study it is also concluded that quality of life is the focal point for most of the young adults of Karachi.