A STUDY OF LIFE SKILLS OF ADOLESCENTS

Life skills are the skills which help adolescents to prepare them to face the various challenges of life. Adolescence is the
period of rapid physical, emotional , and social changes This is a period of taking decisions about which subject to choose. As this
is a stepping stone for adolescents which helps in to prepare them in independent future adults. Multiple streams are offered to the
students at class eleventh to the adolescents to give the opportunity to chase their dreams according to their interest. This study is an
attempt to find out whether there is any difference in the life skills of adolescents on the basis of the stream they choose. The study
consist a sample of 432 adolescents. Stratified random sampling was used to collect the sample. Data was collected from the Private
senior secondary schools of North West zone of Delhi. Self made rating scale of life skills having reliability .79 and .82 and validity
.75 was administered in the adolescents. Mean value, SD and T Value was calculated to analyze the result. Result shows that teir
was found1. Significant difference between the mean life skills score of students of arts stream and commerce stream.2. There is no
significant difference between the mean life skills score of students of art stream and science stream. 3. There is no significant
difference between the mean life skills score of students of Commerce and Science stream.4. There is no significant difference
between the mean life skills scores of male and female adolescents. 5. There is a significant difference between the mean life skills
scores of urban and rural adolescents.