Risk Taking of Male and Female Adolescents Studying in Government School

Adolescence is characterized by rapid changes in physical, cognitive and social development, beginning with puberty and ending in the acquisition of adult roles and responsibilities. With this emerging independence and new physical and cognitive abilities, adolescence is also characterized by experimentation and risk taking, sometimes with behaviors that may derail current and future health and wellbeing. The present study entitled “Risk taking of male and female adolescents studying in government school� was conducted to assess the risk taking behavior of adolescents in Tura of Meghalaya. An explorative research design was adopted and Tura city of Meghalaya was selected purposively. The survey method was selected by using random sampling technique. Tura town of Meghalaya was selected purposively for the present study. A total sample of 100 youths comprising of 50 boys and 50 girls of Tura town of Meghalaya were selected and 20 respondents from each school of government sector were selected through stratified random sampling techniques from various schools. Risk Taking Inventory developed by Nimbalkar and Helode (2015) was used for assessing the risk taking behavior of adolescents studying in government schools in Tura town of Meghalaya. It is concluded from the study that majority of the respondents belonged to15-17 years of age group in government school and were having educational qualification 10th grade in and government school. The result also revealed that the maximum numbers of female and male respondents studying in government schools were having low risk taking behavior Results revealed a non- significant difference in the risk taking behaviors of male and female adolescents studying in government school.