SELF-DISCLOSURE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND LOCALE

The main objective of the study was to study self-disclosure amongadolescents in relation to gender and locale. To accomplish the objectives Self-Disclosure Inventory by Dr. Virendra Sinha (1993) was adopted. The descriptive survey method was employed. The sample consists of 200 adolescents studied in senior secondary school of Kapurthala district of Punjab.The sample was categorized into urban and rural areas and it was further categorized on the basis of gender. The results revealed that there is no significantdifference in the mean scores ofself-disclosure of adolescent boys and girlsand also found no significant difference in the mean scores of self-disclosure of urban and rural adolescents. Further the result indicates that adolescents of senior secondary school of Kapurthala district have average self-disclosure.