A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND RESILIENCE OF ADOLESCENTS

The needs of Adolescent's are very distinct and specific. Family members should take utmost care in handling the problems faced by adolescents. This sequentially eases the adolescents to grow as resilient individuals. Adolescence has always been an area of interest for the researchers due to complexities in it. The focus of the study was to find out the correlation between the family environment and resilience of adolescents. The sample of 403 adolescents (223 boys and 185 girls) studying in various schools located in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts of Telangana State was taken for the study. The instruments used were Family Environment Scale and Connor Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC). For the data analysis various statistical techniques like Pearson's product moment correlation and Multiple Regression were used. The results indicated a clear correlation between family environment and resilience of adolescents.