ADOLECENT’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE- SEX
Keywords:
Puberty, Adolescence, AttitudeAbstract
Puberty is the periods when an adolescence reach physical growth and sexual maturity. It is marked with bodily changes and change in feeling towards opposite sex due to increase in sex hormones. This period starts from late childhood and ends with early adulthood. (12 to 18 years).
In this crucial stage, adolescence is influenced by peer pressure especially the opposite sex peers. This research paper focuses on investigating an adolescence attitude towards the member of opposite sex. The survey method was used to find out students attitude towards each other through questionnaire with multiple choice answers. The result shows that boys have positive attitudes towards girls. Whereas girls has negative attitude towards opposite sex as compared to boys. Such study not only is useful to parents, teachers and psychologists but also gives better understanding to today’s adolescence about opposite sex expectations and their preferences.
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