1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, SDMCMS&H, Manjushree Nagar, Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka
2Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, KIMSU, Karad, Maharashtra
3Statistician, Dept of Community Medicine, KIMSU, Karad, Maharashtra
*Corresponding author: Dr. Lata R Kollur Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, SDMCMS&H, Sattur, Dharwad-580009, Karnataka, India, Tel.: 08792301017, Email: kollurl@yahoo.com
Online published on 1 October, 2015.
Adolescence is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood in which many interrelated physical, social and psychological changes take place. The adolescent girls in the age group of 10 to 19 years residing in community adopted under UHTC, KIMSU, Karad were included in the study. The number of adolescent girls in the community was 254, out of which 200 could be contacted during the period of the study period-1 November 2007 to 31 October 2009. House to house survey was carried out. Data was collected using pretested, prestructured Performa. Behavioral scoring was carried out using Child Behavior Check List, designed by T.M. Achenback12 which included children from 4 to 18 years of age. In the 10–11 year age group 29(46%) girls were having behavioral score more than or equal to 16 and 84(61.3%) girls in the 12 to19 year age group were having behavioral score more than or equal to 13.
Adolescence, Puberty, Behavior problem, Child behavior check list
