The Impact of Risk-Taking Behaviour Among Adolescent Students of Mandi City: A Comparative Analysis in References of Gender and Area

The present study is an attempt to investigate the Risk-taking behavior among adolescent students of Mandi City.A sample of 200 students from five schools were chosen.Risk-taking questionnaire (RTQ) developed by Sinha, V. & Arora, P.N. ( 2011) was used.This questionnaire has been designed to measure the extent of 'risk' taken by a particular individual in his personal as well as in his social life.Eight areas of risk were included in the test, which were considered to be the most important and affiliated risk for Indian life.These areas were a) Hills, b) Space, c) Sea, d) Commercial trades, e) Police and intelligence service, f) Fire, g) Professional trades, and h) Military service.Data was analyzed by using 2x2 Anova.The result of the study shows that girls from rural areas are found interested in more risk-taking jobs.