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    Problems of frustration, aggression and low self esteem among adolescents
    (International journal of Multidisciplinary Research and developmentI, 2015) Singh, Shamshir; Kaur, Ranjit
    The young generation of our country is being increasingly confronted with the problems of frustration, anger and development of low self esteem in the present age of science and technology. The problem of inferiority complex among adolescents is taking alarming proportions these days.Inferiority complex is a kind of psychological obstacle that occurs usually in adolescence and its reasons are complicated and its effects are negative and harmful.According to Adler, Inferiority complex arises when a person finds himself in a situation where his abilities and attitudes are denigrated or rejected by other people. Inferiority complex is a magnification of natural feelings of inferiority and results when strivings to overcome inferiority are greatly hindered. Anything in the individual that is below the average, or gives him a feeling of impotency or ineptitude leads to inferiority complex. Adolescents who consistently fail or repeat classes are found to develop inferiority complex and a non progressive attitude towards school and peers
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    Development of Decision Making Style Scale for Senior Secondary Students
    (Review of Research, 2015) Singh, Shamshir; Kaur, Ranjit
    Decision making is one of the core activities of education and is an essential element in any process to be executed. Decision making can be considered as a cognitive process that results in the selection of a certain belief or a course of action among some alternative possibilities. Every decision making process produces a final choice that may or may not inspire our actions. The present study is aimed at developing a tool on Decision Making Styles. After consultation with various experts in different fields of education, 44 items were selected initially from a draft of 50 items. Sample of 100 students were selected randomly for preliminary tryout from Sirsa district. In preliminary tryout 26 items were selected from 44 items. Second sample of 300 students were randomly selected for final tryout from the same population of Sirsa district. The main purpose for the development of this tool was to check the ability of students that how they make decisions about their career, educational decisions or decisions about their life.The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 18) was employed for the purpose of data entry, manipulation and analysis. Validity and reliability of the items were also checked