• Dr. Parminder Kaur

Abstract Security –Insecurity are two factors which to a great extent determine the personality of adolescents. Security is a state of mind in which one is willing to accept the consequences of one’s behaviours. All the aspects of an individual’s behaviour in all areas of his life can be interpreted in terms of security. Career planning is a very essential for the peaceful living and quality of life. Therefore, every youth with the attainment of legal right of adulthood should be very careful about the selection of one's career so that it may suited one's fully and he feels work satisfaction and the desired earning of money according of his need. In present study security insecurity and career preference of adolescents has examined with the help of tools Shah security-insecurity scale (SSIS) by Prof. Beena Shah and Career preference record (CPR) by Vivek Bhargava and Rajshree Bhargava. Sample of 200 adolescents studying in (100 rural, 100 urban) schools was selected of Ludhiana district categorised into 100 boys and 100 girls. The results showed significant difference between mean scores of the variable of security insecurity of adolescents studying in rural and urban schools. No significant difference exists between mean scores of the variable of career preference of adolescents studying in rural and urban schools. Gender plays a significant role in developing career preference among adolescents. As mean score of security insecurity of adolescent girls were higher than that of adolescent boys. A significant positive relationship exists between security insecurity and career preference of adolescents.

Keywords: Security, Insecurity, Career preference, adolescents, rural schools, urban schools

"Study of Security-Insecurity And Career Preference of Adolescents on The Basis of Type of School And Gender", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.e856-e863, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105646.pdf

"Study of Security-Insecurity And Career Preference of Adolescents on The Basis of Type of School And Gender", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppe856-e863, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105646.pdf