tailieunhanh - Study on behavioural problems among tribal children attending Anganwadis in Adilabad district of Telangana, India

The present research study was undertaken to study the Behavioural problems of tribal children attending Anganwadis. A sample of 180 children in the age range of 3-6 years who were attending Anganwadi centers in Adilabad district of Telangana were selected by purposive random sampling method. Ex-post facto research design was opted for the study. Preschool Behaviour questionnaire was used for study the children behavioural Problems. Frequencies and Percentages were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that majority of tribal children from 3-6 years had low behavioural problems, very few of them had moderate level and meager percentage had high level behavioural problems in all three dimensions . hostile- aggressive, Anxious- Fear and Hyperactivity and distractibility. Boys showed high level hostile- aggressive behaviours than girls, whereas girls showed the AnxiousFear behaviours than boys. Parental age and education, family type had significant negative correlation with behavioural problems of children. Children of younger age parents, illiterate parents and nuclear families exhibited more behavioural problems. | Study on behavioural problems among tribal children attending Anganwadis in Adilabad district of Telangana, India