A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS IN SELECTED URBAN AREA OF MEERUT.

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saral kumar , Rakhi Tyagi , Aruna , Sameer

ASSESS, KNOWLEDGE, MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR, CHILDREN, PARENTS ,URBAN AREA

ABSTRACT Introduction- maladaptive behavior in children is a series of behaviors by children who reacts and behaves inappropriately to internal or external stimuli. A child practicing healthy adaptation to change, for instance, might ask their parent questions about changes in their schedule: “Why am I not going to school? What happened? What am I doing, instead? Are you staying home with me?” and so forth. A child engaging in maladaptive behavior might throw themselves to the ground, hammer their fists on the concrete, and scream. Although both are provoked by fear or discomfort, one successfully navigates the new terrain, while the other increases the sensations prompting the behaviors in the first place. This is why maladaptive behavior is given its moniker: it is not merely bad behavior, but behavior that does not help or actively hinders you from growing, changing, and navigating the world around you. Methodology- A total of 50 parents from urban area of meerut city were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The research design used for the study was non experimental. The data was collected by using self structured knowledge checklist on maladaptive behaviour in childrens. The data analysis was done using the descriptive and inferential analysis. Result- The result shows that frequency and percentage wise distribution of parents according to Age, gender, Education, Occupation, Type of family, no of children, Religion. Distribution of parents according to their age in years shows that 12% of them were in the age group of 25-29 years, 22% were in the age group of 30-34 years ,24% of them were in the age group of 35-39 years and 42% were in 40-45 year. Distribution of parents according to their gender shows that 54% of them were male , and 46% of them were female Distribution of parents according to their education shows that 20% of them having primary education, 46% of them having secondary education, 28% of them having graduate and above education and 6% were illiterate. Distribution of antenatal women according to their occupation shows that 40% of them were having private job , 18% of them were government employee ,18% of them were self-employed and 24% of them were in other profession Distribution of parents according to their type of family shows that 46% of them are having nuclear family, 50% of them are having joint family and 4% of them were having extended family. Distribution of parents according to no of childrens shows that 18% of them were having 1 child, 30% of them were having 2 child, 32% of them were having 3 child and 20% of them were having 4 and above. Distribution of antenatal women according to their religion shows that 86% of them were hindu, 0% of them were Christian, 14% of them were muslim and 0% of them were silkh and 0% of them were in others Conclusion- The study shows that the level of knowledge of parents regarding maladaptive behavior in children according to the score interpretation and it shows that 12(24%) having good level of knowledge, 31(62%) having average level of knowledge and 7(14%) are having poor knowledge. The data depicts that the knowledge of parents regarding maladaptive behavior is average.

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saral kumar, Rakhi Tyagi , Aruna, & Sameer (December-2022). A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS IN SELECTED URBAN AREA OF MEERUT.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7(12), b582-b589. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2212169.pdf

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