IMPACT OF STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND PARENTAL QUALIFICATION ON COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AMONG IXTH GRADE ADOLESCENT LEARNERS

Cognitive Dissonance refers to the psychological inconsistency that people who hold two or more cognitions, and experiences i.e., it is a state of psychological discomfort called cognitive dissonance (Festinger, 1957). Cognitive dissonance started emerging from the age of 2 (Wiesmann et al., 2022) and existed till old age (Cooper and Feldman, 2019). However, adolescence became a critical phase to study cognitive dissonance as this stage undergoes a lot of changes such as psychological and physical changes.