A Comparative Study to Assess the Wellbeing and Views of Parental and Parentless Children Living in an Orphanage

Mrs. Beautily Darwin

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

A Comparative Study to Assess the Wellbeing and Views of Parental and Parentless Children Living in an Orphanage

Mrs. Beautily Darwin

Abstract :

The aim of the study is to assess and compare the self report level of psychological, educational, social wellbeing of parental and parentless children and their views living in an orphanage.In this study the sample size is 160;Out of 160 sample 80 sample for parental group consisting of children with parents and 80 sample was selected for parentless group which consists of children without parents.In Thoondamuthoor orphanage the sample selected was 60, in that 30 parental and 30 parentless children. In Podanur orphanage, the sample selected was 100 of which 60 was female (30 samples of each are parental and parentless children) and of 40 was male(20 samples of each are parental and parentless children)selected by lottery method. The tool consists of a interview schedule and self administered questionnaire with two groups to assess the views on living in orphanage and the wellbeing of orphanage children. Data analysis and interpretation was done using descriptive and inferential statistics.