The present paper is a modest attempt to study the emotional instability trait of personality among different levels of employment status in youth within the age group of 26 to 35 years. The sample is of a scattered in nature and a list of youths is prepared from the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. The total sample consisting of 200 youth selected through cluster random sampling. The Dimensional Personality Inventory (DPI), Bhargava M. (1997) tools was used to find out the emotional instability trait of personality in youth. The results indicate that female youth are less emotional stable rather than male youth in general.
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DOI | 10.11648/j.pbs.20140304.13 |
Page(s) | 121-125 |
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Emotional Stability, Emotional Instability, Personality, Personality Trait, Unemployment, Employment, Seasonally Unemployed, Frictionally Unemployed
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