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| Article Name : | | | PSYCHO-NEUROTIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH ADOLESCENT OBESITY : A STUDY | | Author Name : | | | Ajay Karkare | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-319 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | The objective of the present study is to compare psycho-neurotic disorders between obese and normal weight adolescent girls. 100 obese adolescent girls (Ave. age 16.92 yrs) and 100 normal weight adolescent girls (Ave. age 17.01 yrs) from various govt. and private schools/junior colleges operational in and around Nagpur city were selected to serve as sample for the present study. WHO (1995) classification was used to selected normal and obese adolescent girls. Jodhpur Multiphasic Personality Inventory prepared by Joshi and Malik (1981) was used to assess psycho-neurotic disorders among selected subjects. Results reveal that social introversion, a dimension of personality was strikingly high in obese adolescent girls as compared to normal weight adolescent girls. | | Keywords : | | - psycho-neurotic disorder
- adolescence
- girls
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