COPING SKILLS OF COLLEGE GOING MARRIED GIRL STUDENTS

Marriage is an important stage of every body’s live. Marriage becomes a serious problem, when it is forced to affect the education and other appropriate life stages of a human being and especially to girls. Early marriage would cause damage to girls who are into education. This paper has presented the findings related to the coping of college going married girl students with their family, physic, psychology, academic and peer groups. It was found that majority of the married girl student are from rural domicile, married before the age of 21years and got married through arranged marriage. There are positive correlations among most of the coping aspects of the girls. This paper has emphasized the need for sensitizing the educational institutions, parents about the apathy and needs of the married girl students in the educational setting and at their families.