Life Skills Of Higher Secondary Students In Alappuzha District

Abstract

The present study aims to develop and validate the Life Skill Inventory for higher secondary students in Alappuzha district, Kerala and to determine the level of life skills and their dimensions in relation to gender and locality. It also determines whether there is any significant difference in the life skills of higher secondary students based on gender and locality. In this survey study, the investigator used stratified random sampling technique for selecting the sample from the population. The sample consists of 300 higher secondary students of Alappuzha district. The tool used for the present study was Life Skill Inventory. The statistical technique used for analyzing the data was t test. The finding shows that there is no significant difference between male and female higher secondary school students of Alappuzha district in the dimensions of effective communication, interpersonal relationship, creative thinking, decision making, coping with emotions and life skills in total. But there is significant difference found in the dimension of coping with stress. Also, there is no significant difference between rural and urban higher secondary students in the dimensions of effective communication, interpersonal relationship, creative thinking, decision making, coping with stress and coping with emotions.