Vulnerability to Psychological Symptoms Among Adolescent Boarders and Non Boarder

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the vulnerability to the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress among adolescent boarders and non-boarders. It was hypothesized that male adolescents who receive education from boarding schools will be more vulnerable to the psychological symptoms than male adolescents who receive education from non-boarding schools. The second hypothesis was that female adolescents who receive education from boarding schools will be more vulnerable to the psychological symptoms than female adolescents who receive education from non-boarding schools. Moreover, it was also hypothesized that female adolescents who receive education from boarding schools will be more vulnerable to the psychological symptoms than the male adolescents who receive boarding education. The purposive sampling was used to select the total sample of 100 male and female participants which further divided into boarders (n=50) and non-boarders (n=50) from different schools of boarding and non-boarding education system. The age group of participants was between 13-18 years, belonging to ninth standard to intermediate. Depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS) was administered after administering the informed consent and demographic form. The obtained result was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences - 20 (SPSS-20). The statistical analysis ofthe results showed a significant difference at P=0.00 level, which indicates highly significant results that both male and female adolescents at boarding schools are more vulnerable to the psychological symptoms which includes depression, anxiety and stress as compared to non-boarding students.