A Comparative Study of Irritability among the adolescents of Kashmir

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Irfan Fayaz

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Irritability has been described as a personality trait that is characterized by a tendency to be angry and reactive to the slightest provocation and disagreement. The present paper tries to explore the level of irritability among the adolescents. Sample of 100 (n = 100) including both boys and girls was selected by using convenient sampling. Born-Steiner irritability: Self rating scale was used for data collection. The results revealed no significant difference between boys and girls on irritability, it also showed that there is no difference between rural and urban adolescents on irritability. The results also revealed that there is a significant difference between rural and urban adolescent boys on irritability (t= 4.25, p<0.01), while urban and rural adolescent girls shows no difference on irritability.

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Irfan Fayaz. (2019). A Comparative Study of Irritability among the adolescents of Kashmir. Research Inspiration, 4(II), 01–07. Retrieved from http://researchinspiration.com/index.php/ri/article/view/98
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