Victoriya, A (2012) A Comparative study to Assess the Behavioral Problems among Preschool Children of Employed and Unemployed Mother in Selected Communities at Coimbatore. Masters thesis, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
The present study entitled, “A comparative study to assess the behavioural problems among preschool children of employed and unemployed mothers in selected communities, at Coimbatore.” was undertaken during the year 2011- 2012 in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing at KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore which is affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai. OBJECTIVE: Identify the behavioral problems among preschool children of employed and unemployed mother, compare the behavioral problems among preschool children of employed and unemployed mothers, and associate the selected demographic variables with behavioral problems among preschool children of employed and unemployed mothers. SETTING: Selected Balwadies. (Kalapatti, and Veeriyampalayam) at Coimbatore. SAMPLE: 100 preschool children. It includes 50 preschool children of employed mothers, 50 preschool children of unemployed mothers. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE: Purposive sampling technique. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: Kathryn E. Barnard “Child Health Assessment and Intervention Model”. OUTCOME MEASURES: demographic variable collected through structured interview questionnaires, behavioral problem assessed through observation of Lenore Behar Preschool Behavioral questionnaires. RESULTS: Among 50 respondents preschool children of employed mother, 13 respondents (26 per cent) behavioral problem mean score was up to 13, 15 respondents (30 per cent) behavioral problem mean score was between 14 to 17, and 22 respondents (44 per cent) behavioral problem mean score was 18 and above. Among 50 respondents preschool children of unemployed mothers, 16 respondents (32 per cent) behavioral problem mean score was up to 2, 22 respondents (44 per cent) behavioral problem mean score was between 3 to 6, and 12 respondents (24 per cent) behavioral problem mean score was 7 and above. The preschool children of employed mother mean score of the respondents was about 15.68 and the preschool children of unemployed mother mean score of the respondents was about 5.46. ‘t’ value 9.12 significant at 0.05 level. There is association between age in year, family monthly income and behavioral problem among preschooler unemployed mother. There is no association between other demographic variables and behavioral problem among preschool children of unemployed mother and employed mother. CONCLUSION: The study revealed that the behavioral problems were more among preschool children of employed mother than unemployed mother’s children.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Reg.No.30104433 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Behavioral Problems, Preschool Children, Employed and Unemployed Mother, Selected Communities, Coimbatore. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2017 05:22 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 17:17 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/4262 |
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