A Study of the factors leading to truancy among adolescent students in district Faridabad

  • Chawla N
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Abstract

The present investigation was undertaken to study the factors that causes truancy among adolescent students. A total of 200 students within the age of 15-18 years from four government schools were purposively selected as sample from Faridabad town of Haryana. Youth Problem Inventory (Y.P.I) of Dr. (Mrs.) Mithlesh Verma was used to administer the factors leading to truancy. Two areas were taken under consideration in the study that is family problems and school problems. The study revealed that family problems and school problems both act as the factor causing truancy among students and out of two family problems is more effective in causing truancy among students.

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Chawla, N. (2013). A Study of the factors leading to truancy among adolescent students in district Faridabad. IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME), 1(6), 13–19. https://doi.org/10.9790/7388-0161319

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