AN ASSESSMENT OF LIFE SKILLS AMONG DIFFERENT AGE GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MYSORE DISTRICT

The present study was conducted to assess the Life skills among High School Students of Mysore District. The present paper focusses upon investigating the life skills in different age group of High School Students. Descriptive survey research method was employed for data collection. The study consists of 1000 High School Students (age group - 333 of 14 years, 333 of 15 years and 334 of 16 years). Data was collected with the help of Life Skills Scale developed by Anjum Ahamad and Saba Parveen was used for the study. The scale consists of 40 items divided into 10 dimensions those are Self-awareness, Empathy, Critical thinking, Decision making, Problem solving, Effective communication, Creative thinking, Interpersonal relationship, Coping with stress and Coping with emotion. The tool has reliability and validity established. Personal information schedule was also included to collect the demographic data. Mean, SD and t- test was used to for analysis of data. The major findings of the study shows that the mean scores for life skills among 14-year-old students (M = 153.6, SD = 13.19), 15-year-old students (M = 156.0, SD = 13.37), and 16-year-old students (M = 150.1, SD = 14.26) indicate variability in life skill levels across age groups. The statistical analysis yielded a significant F-value of 16.09 (df = 2, 997, p = .001), suggesting that age plays a significant role in shaping students' life skills.