Subjective well being of adolescent girls in the children’s home: case of Thrissur district, Kerala, India

• Journal: Global Academic Society Journal: Social Science Insight, Vol. 2, No. 10, year 2009, pp. 4-10.
• Author(s): Mary Venus Joseph, Sheeja Remani Balakrishnan Karalam
• Category: Social Science Insight III
• Keywords: gender, India, subjective well being, subjective well being inventory, adolescent girls, children’s home

Abstract

A large number of poor and disadvantaged children without homes are given shelter in children’s home and shelter homes being run by various government and non government organizations throughout India. These are distressed children who come from difficult circumstances that detach them from the joys of childhood. Adolescent girls in children’s home in general lack the information, skills, and access to services needed for positive outlook to life. The subjective well being inventory is designed to measure feelings of well being or ill being as experienced by an individual, or a group of individuals, in various day-to-day life concerns. Article is an attempt to compare the subjective well being of the adolescent girls in the children’s home of Thrissur district (Kerala, India) with their background of admission to the children’s home.