Abstract :
Introduction: Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical, psychological and social
development from puberty to legal adulthood.
Objectives: To compare the perceived common problems between middle and late
adolescents; and to find out the association between common problems of middle and
late adolescents, and gender.
Material & Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two private schools of rural
Bangalore in November 2015. It included High School children aged 14-19 yrs. A pretested self reported open-ended questionnaire was administered to the study subjects
after getting informed consent from principal and their parents.
Statistical Analysis: Data was entered in MS-Excel. Data was analyzed using SPSS software.
Association between two proportions was accepted as significant when p value was less
than 5% using chi-square test.
Keyword :
Adolescence, Mid adolescence, Late adolescence, Common problems.