Abstract: Teen friendships tend to be based on personal similarity, acceptance and sharing. Relationships with friends of the same gender are the norm during high school. During the period of adolescence friendships become more intense, close and supportive. Certain important components like Loyalty, Honesty, Sense of Humour, Communication and flexibility influence a good relationship.
Aim: The aim of the current study is to explore the relationship between Friendship and Sense of Humour among Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood.
Methods: The population included in this study was Early Adolescent and Young Adult Students, The sampling method used in this study was Purposive Sampling. Tools used in this study was “Dimension of Friendship” developed by Chanda in the year 1986 and “Sense of Humour” (SQH-6) developed by Sven Svebak in the year 2015. Mean, Standard deviation and Correlation were used to analyze the data.
Results: The findings of this study reveals that there was no significant difference between Friendship and Sense of Humour. And Gender difference exist only in the dimension Mutual Assistance and not in other Dimensions. There was no significant relationship between Social dimension, Enjoyment and Mutual Assistance and no high level of Cognitive dimension and Understanding was found in this study.
Conclusion: The conclusion of this study reveals that there is no relationship between friendship and sense of humour. This shows that the role of Humour in friendship is not much important as other factors. Gender difference in the dimension Mutual Assistance reveals that females tend to involve more in helping each other in friendship than males. This may be because there is no previous study supporting these two variables Sense of Humour and Friendship.
Keywords: Friendship, Sense of Humour, Relationship, Adolescence.
Title: FRIENDSHIP AND SENSE OF HUMOUR AMONG LATE ADOLESCENCE AND EARLY ADULTHOOD- A CORRELATION STUDY
Author: Nandhini E, Nancy M
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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