Published Online : 2022-04-30
Behavior it includes not only the conscious behavior and activities of the human mind but also the subconscious and unconscious. Consequently it covers not only the overt behavior but also the covert behavior involving the in nerexperiences and mental processes. Only children have poorer interpersonal skills, results in less effective or fulfilling relationships. The behavior alpattern of a child can be affected by physical illness, changes at school, with the family unit, peer group pressure and simply growing up and finding their feet. Methods: The quantitative research approach was adopted for this study. A comparative research design was used in this study. This study was conducted at selected areas of urban community. Convenience sampling technique was used for sample selection. The samples consist of 40 children in the age group of 6-12 years. Among them 20 samples were single child and 20 samples were a child with siblings who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Results: Behavior pattern was classified as good, average and poor. The majority of single child 33 (66%) had an average behavior pattern. Sibling child 15 (70%) good behavior pattern. There was a significant association between the behavior pattern of a single child and selected demographic variables such as type of family, parenting style and number of children. There was no significant as sociation between the behavior pattern of the single child and demographic variables such as age, educational status, and birth order. Conclusion: Childhood period is important in the life. During this period, the child undergoes are markable change in the life. Parents and school teachers have to understand the child problem and to solve them. Many of single child having poor interpersonal skills, it results from the less effective relationship. The parents must realize their problem and mingle with them.
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English
P. 9-13
