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Title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY, INTELLIGENCE AND SELFESTEEM AMONG STREET CHILDREN WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THEIR NORMAL COUNTERPARTS
Authors: Ravi Shankar Kumar , Manish Kumar and Prabhat Ranjan
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Ravi Shankar Kumar1 , Manish Kumar2 and Prabhat Ranjan3 1. Research Scholar, Department of Psychological Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, India 2. Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Banaras Hindu University, India 3. EVGC lecturer, Directorate of education, Delhi Government, India
MLA 8 Kumar, Ravi Shankar, et al. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY, INTELLIGENCE AND SELFESTEEM AMONG STREET CHILDREN WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THEIR NORMAL COUNTERPARTS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 12, Dec. 2022, pp. 4187-4198, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i12.024. Accessed Dec. 2022. APA 6 Kumar, R., Kumar, M., & Ranjan, P. (2022, December). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY, INTELLIGENCE AND SELFESTEEM AMONG STREET CHILDREN WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THEIR NORMAL COUNTERPARTS. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(12), 4187-4198. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i12.024 Chicago Kumar, Ravi Shankar, Manish Kumar, and Prabhat Ranjan. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY, INTELLIGENCE AND SELFESTEEM AMONG STREET CHILDREN WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THEIR NORMAL COUNTERPARTS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 12 (December 2022), 4187-4198. Accessed December, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i12.024.
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ABSTRACT: Background: Substance use among street children is of urgent public health concern. Substance use at a younger age makes the children more vulnerable to several health and psycho-social consequences. Objective: This study was carried out to study the level of Anxiety, Intelligence, and self-esteem of street children with substance abuse and their normal counterparts and also with an aim to observe the increasing trend of substance abuse among street children in Patna (Bihar). Materials and Methods: A sample of 30 street children indulged in misuse of substance and their 30 counterpart normal children living with their family were included in the study. To assess anxiety, intelligence and self-esteem, following tools were used i.e., Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HAM-A), Seguin form board test for intelligence and Rosenberg self-esteem inventory. Results and Conclusion: Significant differences on account of demographic parameters studied were noted the level of Anxiety is more in street children with compare to normal children. Intelligence is more in normal children living with parents at home and then children living on street. Normal children have high level of self-esteem than street children. The differences in the variables are found due to upbringing, environment factors, grooming, and daily life problems of the street children. Street children are taking substance to relieve and relax themselves and also just to forget the daily life problems.

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