LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT

Abstract

The purpose of present study was to investigate the leadership behavior of senior secondary school students in relation to their parental encouragement. Data was collected from a sample of 200 senior secondary school students of rural and urban areas of Udhampur district of jammu and Kashmir. Standardized Leadership Behavior Scale by prof. Asha Hinger and Parental Encouragement Scale by Aggarwal were used as tools for assessing leadership behavior and parental encouragement respectively. Data was analyzed by using Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation t-test and linear regression technique. The main findings of the study were that there exists significant difference in the leadership behavior of rural and urban students, there exists a significant difference in parental encouragement of rural and urban students, there exists no significant difference in leadership behavior of boys and girls students, there exist no significant difference in parental encouragement of boys and girls students, there is positive correlation between leadership behavior and parental encouragement and parental encouragement was a significant predictor of leadership behavior.