Effect of Helplessness on Youth with Special Reference to Area and Gender
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: : Helplessness is the belief that there is nothing that anyone can do to improve a bad situation (such as being diagnosed with an illness). In many ways, then, helplessness is a belief that control over the situation or its outcomes is impossible. Like all beliefs, helplessness is learned (Seligman 1975). Main objective of the present research was to know the effect of Arear and Gender on helplessness. For these study total 200 samples was selected from Banaskantha district of Gujarat. For the data collection Helplessness scale by G P Mathur and Raj Kumari Bhatnagar was used. Data was analysis and concluded result by ‘t’ test. Result show that, there is significant difference between youth of urban and rural on helplessness. The mean score of helplessness is high in people of rural areas as compared to the urban areas. There was not shown significant difference of helplessness between male and female.
Author: Talekar, P. R.
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949090615
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