GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY OF ORPHANS AND NON ORPHANS OF LAHORE

Aim and Objective: The present research investigated gender differences in personality of institutionalized orphans, non institutionalized orphans and non orphan adolescents.
Research Design: It is a between group research design.
Sample: The sample consisted of 240 adolescents (120 males & 120 females) aged between 13 to 19 years; divided into three groups, namely: Non orphans (n=80); Institutionalized orphans (n=80) and non institutionalized orphans (n=80). Non orphans and non institutionalized orphans were drawn from twelve different schools and institutionalized orphans were drawn from five orphanages of Lahore, Pakistan.
Material: Tools used for assessment were Mini Mental State Examination; Demographic Questionnaire; Child Personality Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ) and Self Report Form. Between group Research Design was used. Data was analyzed using independent sample t test and Descriptive Statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
Results: Findings revealed that there is a significant gender difference in dependency of Institutionalized Orphans showing that females have higher dependency as compared to males. There is also a significant gender difference in emotional unresponsiveness among Non Orphan group showing that females are more emotionally unresponsive than males. There is a significant gender difference in emotional instability of Institutionalized Orphan group showing that females are more emotionally instable as compared to males. There is also a significant gender difference in negative world view of Institutionalized Orphan group showing that males have more negative world view than females.