A Study on Guidance Needs of Adolescents in Relation to Their Learning Environment

The present study aims to know the guidance needs of adolescents in relation to their learning environment. Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and adulthood, representing the period of time during which a person experiences a variety of biological changes and encounters a number of emotional issues. Adolescence is the period characterized by physical and psychological changes in the age group of 10-19 years. To study the guidance needs (physical, social, psychological, educational and vocational) of adolescents on the basis of gender and location of their residence. The researcher adopted simple random sampling method for the selection of samples. Accessible population of the study was students from randomly selected adolescents for Kuwait, 1032 adolescents were selection for this study. There questions in this questionnaire which are in five point rating scale. The statistical techniques are used to Descriptive analysis, Differential analysis and Correlation analysis. Adolescents, due to developmental crisis, are prone to face a myriad of psychosocial challenges. Psychosocial disorders are categorized into substance abuse, internalizing disorders and externalizing disorders and are prevalent in 20-33 % of adolescents. The study concluded that there is considerable discussion and anxiety about young people’s guidance needs academically and none academically. The stage of adolescence is a critical period in an individual‘s life not only due to tremendous changes in one‘s mental, physical, social and emotional development but also due to an important decision to be taken at this stage i. e. in choice of a career. So a prime objective of guidance is to be created the positive conditions for a new style of guidance and learning, in which ultimately self-directed learning may flourish.