Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Online Published on 4 September, 2024.
The present study was undertaken to compare the adjustment in single child and children with sibling adolescents in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. The sample of 160 adolescents (80 single children and 80 children with siblings) in the age of 11 to 19 years was taken. The results indicated that sibling child adolescents were more adjusted than children without siblings and also had significant differences on the adjustment dimensions of home, health and social. Also, children with siblings showed higher emotional adjustment and performance in education. There was a significant difference between single-child and child with sibling adolescents in different dimensions of adjustment such as health, home, social, emotional and education performance. Higher mean was found among adolescents with siblings in dimensions of emotional adjustment and education performance and adolescents without siblings in dimensions of health, home and social adjustment.
Adjustment, Adolescents, Single child, Siblings, Dimensions
