Author(s): Durgawati Sharma, Dr. Babita Verma and Dr. Kalpana Sharma

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “A comparative study on parental encouragement for urban male and female adolescents in district Sultanpur of Uttar Pradesh”, aimed to explore the parental encouragement of urban adolescents. The study was conducted on urban adolescents sample of 200 (100 male and 100 female) in the age group of 13-18 years belonging to district Sultanpur of U.P. The sample was randomly drawn from four intermediate college selected from urban areas of Sultanpur district. The parental encouragement was studied with the help of Scale developed by Dr. R.R. Sharma to judge the parental encouragement of urban male and female adolescents. The results of the study indicated that there is significant difference were found between urban male and female parental encouragement.