LIFE SKILLS INTERVENTION FOR URBAN MALE AND FEMALE ADOLESCENTS OF SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA

Abstract

Present Study is an attempt to inculcate Life Skills Intervention for urban male and female
adolescents of Shillong, Meghalaya, India. The Objectives of the study were to provide Life Skills
Intervention for urban male and female adolescents, to study the impact of Life Skills Intervention
before and after the programme. Hypothesis is there will be significant differences between urban
male and female adolescents on the basis of life skills intervention. The participants for the present
study consisted of 172 urban adolescents, who fall under the age groups of 10 to 19 years. The
tools used were demographic profile, Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS), (Nair, Subasree &
Ranjan, 2010). Purposive Sampling design was applied and selected descriptive research design in
phase 1 and in phase 2 pre experimental research design was used. Only single group was included
that is experimental group and control was excluded, single group was pretested and then exposed
to the intervention programme and later again the experimental group was post tested. The results
indicate that intervention given to adolescents indeed brought positive impact among the
adolescents showing overall increase in the post-test scores. The result of hypothesis shows that
there is no significant difference among male and female adolescents. This shows that the
intervention has a considerable impact on both the genders after receiving the intervention. It can,
thus, be concluded that both males and females adolescents improved positively in all the ten core
life skills.