Effect of the Joint and Nuclear Family School Children of Different Birth Order on Neuroticism

  • Dr. Dinesh Prasad Sahu

Abstract

The study was undertaken to study of different birth order on neuroticism among subjects to joint and nuclear familysboys and girls having rural and urban background which was conducted in Madhubani and Darbhanga districts of Bihar (India). The sample of the study comprised of 400 subjects (200 boys and 200 girls). 200 subjects belonging to joint families and 200 subjects belonging to nuclear families. 200 subjects belonging to rural areas and 200 subjects belonging to urban areas were randomly selected in class VII. Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory has been originally developed by Eysenck&Eysenck (1964) and Personal Data Sheet has been developed by the research scholar. Having collected the data through the questionnaire schedule, the data were tabulated according to the procedure for statistical treatment. The results revealed that first born boys of nuclear families of rural and urban areaswas more neurotic tendency their counterpart later born groups. Second the later born boys and girls in rural area of joint family were significantly more neurotic than first born of urban and rural boys and girls of joint family. However, significant difference has been found between the group of girls and boys as t-value is found statistically significant beyond 0.05 and 0.01 levels.

Published
2019-11-21
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