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| Article Name : | | | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH PROBLEM AND HEALTH ANXIETY AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS LIVING IN URBAN AND RURAL LOCALITY | | Author Name : | | | Muhamed Mariam. M , Zahida Jabeen | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3702 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The present investigation attempts to find out the relationship between health problems and health anxiety among adolescent girls in urban and rural areas. The present study was conducted on 200 adolescent girls of age group between 16-18 years, of which 100 belonged to urban area and 100 were from rural area. The tools used for the present investigation were Health Problem Inventory devised by the Investigator (2013) and Health Anxiety Inventory formulated by Lucock and Morley (1996) to find out the health problem and health anxiety among adolescent girls. The data obtained was subjected to statistical analysis using arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Standard't' test, Karl pearson co-efficient of correlation. The results from the present study revealed that locality has an effect on the health problem of adolescent girls. There is no significant difference in the health anxiety of adolescent girls belonging to urban and rural areas. There existed relationship between health problem and health anxiety among adolescent girls with regard to urban and rural areas. | | Keywords : | | |
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