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The social adjustment of teenage boys in a residential home
Author
Goh, Daniel Dominic Oon Sye
Supervisor
Tan, Esther
Abstract
A study was carried out to investigate the social adjustment of adolescent males. Two samples of boys were selected, one from a residential home and one from a secondary school. In all, data of 130 subjects were used, of which 77 were male adolescents living in the residential home and 53 were male adolescents studying in the secondary school. A thirty-five item survey questionnaire was formulated as the instrument for data collection. Five scales in the questionnaire was used to measure social adjustment based on the five research questions pertaining to the perception of teacher support, the perception of peer support, the sense of belonging to school, the attitude towards education, and the perception of family bonding.
Results of mean differences showed that adolescents in residential care (RC) scored the lowest on all scales of social adjustment compared to non-residential care (NRC) adolescents. T-test results showed significant differences (p<.05) only for the scale on the sense of belonging towards school for RC/NRC comparison in the 13 to 16 years age range. However, some individual items in the scales associated with sense of belonging to school, perception of peer support, and perception of family bonding had significant ttest results (p<.05). It was found that RC adolescents had a weaker sense of belonging to school and a less positive perception of peer support compared to NRC adolescents. It was concluded that RC adolescents were less socially adjusted than NRC adolescents in the area of school experience and peer involvement.
Results of mean differences showed that adolescents in residential care (RC) scored the lowest on all scales of social adjustment compared to non-residential care (NRC) adolescents. T-test results showed significant differences (p<.05) only for the scale on the sense of belonging towards school for RC/NRC comparison in the 13 to 16 years age range. However, some individual items in the scales associated with sense of belonging to school, perception of peer support, and perception of family bonding had significant ttest results (p<.05). It was found that RC adolescents had a weaker sense of belonging to school and a less positive perception of peer support compared to NRC adolescents. It was concluded that RC adolescents were less socially adjusted than NRC adolescents in the area of school experience and peer involvement.
Date Issued
1999
Call Number
HV887.S55 Goh
Date Submitted
1999