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Please type your abstract of about 100-200 words should be sent to the Editor. It is necessary that abstract must be in ITALI style. Keywords: Emotional competence! "ocial competence! Introduction: In our mobile society, relationships between brothers and sisters can offer a kind of shelter that few other relationships can provide, writes Pipher ( !!"#$ %&iblings are, for better and for worse, each other's ultimate fellow travelers$ (hether their bonds are comfortable or uncomfortable, or a little of both, they are co)voyagers in a world without many enduring reference points% (*ank + ,ahn, !!-#$ *rothers and sisters typically spend large amounts of time together, serving as one another's first playmates and In our mobile society, relationships between brothers and sisters can offer a kind of shelter that few other relationships can provide, writes Pipher ( !!"#$ %&iblings are, for better and for worse, each other's ultimate fellow travelers$ (hether their bonds are comfortable or uncomfortable, or a little of both, they are co)voyagers in a world without many enduring reference points% (*ank + ,ahn, !!-#$ *rothers and sisters typically spend large amounts of time together, serving as one another's first playmates and In our mobile society, relationships between brothers and sisters can offer a kind of shelter that few other relationships can provide, writes Pipher ( !!"#$ %&iblings are, for better and for worse, each other's ultimate fellow travelers$ (hether their bonds are comfortable or uncomfortable, or a little of both, they are co)voyagers in a world without many enduring reference points% (*ank + ,ahn, !!-#$ *rothers and sisters typically spend large amounts of time together, serving as one another's first playmates and In our mobile society, relationships between brothers and sisters can offer a kind of shelter that few other relationships can provide, writes Pipher ( !!"#$ %&iblings are, for better and for worse, each other's ultimate fellow travelers$ (hether their bonds are comfortable or uncomfortable, or a little of both, they are co)voyagers in a world without many enduring reference points% (*ank + ,ahn, !!-#$ *rothers and sisters typically spend large amounts of time together, serving as one another's first playmates and

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In our mobile society, relationships between brothers and sisters can offer a kind of shelter that few other relationships can provide, writes Pipher ( !!"#$ %&iblings are, for better and for worse, each other's ultimate fellow travelers$ (hether their bonds are comfortable or uncomfortable, or a little of both, they are co)voyagers in a world without many enduring reference points% (*ank + ,ahn, !!-#$ *rothers and sisters typically spend large amounts of time together, serving as one another's first playmates and In our mobile society, relationships between brothers and sisters can learning$ &ibling conflict appears to be more fre.uent among brothers and sisters from homes where there are high levels of conflict$ (hen there is a high amount of discord, there tends to be a high amount of aggression among the children (*oer + Dunn, !!/0 Patten, /111#$ (hile a sibling relationship can become more intense when parental care is emotionally unfulfilling or unavailable, the intensified bond can either be helpful or harmful to the children's relationship, depending on the attitudes and behaviors of the parents and the personalities of the children (*ank + ,ahn, !!-0 *oer + Dunn, !!/#$ 2or e3ample, if the parents are physically or emotionally unavailable to care for their children, an older sibling may assume the parenting role and work to bind brothers and sisters together as a family$ 4he effects of siblings' influence on the ac.uisition of prosocial skills such as helping, sharing, and cooperating are well documented$ Children who had older brothers and sisters who modeled more friendly and cooperative behavior toward their younger siblings showed more prosocial skills than children whose older siblings e3hibited more aggression and teasing toward them (5arcia et al$, /111#$ 4he emotional and social skills children ac.uire from their relationships with their brothers and sisters e3tend beyond the home, influencing interactions with peers$ Children who are hostile and aggressive with their siblings are more likely to be re6ected by their peer group (*oer + Dunn, !!/#$ 2urthermore, negative information on how to raise an only child its share of 6oys and peculiar challenges and with the right parental attitude will ensure that only child grows into a balanced, caring and responsible adult$ *ut being an only child does not in any way obstruct the child share the emotional, social and personal or family problems$ Parents can foster and nourish any and all the .ualities in their child which the child would have gained in the company of a sibling$ <argely, it is the right parental attitude that decides the personality of the only child and not the fact that he=she is without a sibling$ 5rowing up in a predominantly sibling society affects only children and that their lack of sibling relationships can have an important affect on both the way they see themselves and others and how they interact with the world$ 4he main ob6ective of present study is to compare the results of the adolescent with having siblings and without having sibling regarding their emotional competence, social competence and family environment$ Hypothesis $ 4here will be significant difference between adolescent with siblings and without sibling on the dimension of emotional competence$ /$ 4here will be significant difference between adolescent with siblings and without sibling on the dimensions of social competence$ ariables Independent >ariable ) 2amily Environment Dependent >ariable ) Emotional Competence and Tools $ Emotional Competence &cale: 4his scale was prepared by &harma and *hardwa6 ( !!?, /11-#, the scale has @1 items to measure five competencies i$e$ Ade.uate depth of feeling (AD2#, Ade.uate e3pression and control of emotions (AECE#, Ability to function with emotion (A2E#, Ability to cope with problem emotion (ACPE#, Enhancement of positive emotions (EPE#, where each competency could be measured by si3 items$ Sample 4he Buota sampling techni.ue was used for selection @11 adolescence (/C1 with siblings and "1 without sibling# from wide catchment area of Dttarakhand for the study and their age range of ") ! years$ 4he .uestionnaires were administered on the respondents, with the clear cut instructions given on the .uestionnaires$ 4he scoring was done as per procedure given in the manual$ 4he obtained data was organiEed and analyEed statistically with the help of &P&& (&tatistical Packages of &ocial &cience# software$ !esults and "iscussion 4he main ob6ective the data was processed with the help of statistical techni.ue using Fean, &tandard Deviation, and Gt7value which are represented in tables$

Aim of Study
4oday7s generation a lot of people have started having only one child due to hectic lifestyles, changing priorities and nuclear families, where looking after one child is more than what most parents can take$ 8owadays parents think that having one child means they can give him or her more attention, a better upbringing, a better education$ 9et, in previous generations, people valued the companionship of a sibling(s#, the support, and the e3tra helping hands$ :aving only one child was considered disastrous for the child, who would turn out to be a horrific monster ; anti)social, spoiled, lacking in friends, unable to handle him or herself in the real world$ (hile raising an only child does have its hitches and hiccups, the obstacles are not insurmountable or deeply problematic$ Correct

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Table#$ depicts the comparison of adolescents with siblin%s and without siblin% on emotional competence (N#&'')( (& (8 H /C1# ) S" AD2 $* $& +('* AEC E $.(&& &(.. A2E $.(&1 &(*' A CPE $.(,1 &(*& EPE /@$CC @$Si%nificance level ('$// and ('1/ 3 (I& (8 H "1# ) S" $,('&(,* $0($& &($. $0(&' +('* $0($1 &(,* /@$1/ C$/t value $(.-/ -($,/ $(.&/ -(*.// 1$-" significant difference between adolescents with siblings and without sibling on social competence dimensions$ :ence hypothesis not accepted$ 2raph showin% the comparison of adolescents with siblin%s and without siblin% on social competence(

4able revealed that adolescents with siblings ((&# obtained higher mean scores in all the dimensions of emotional competence than adolescents 2raph showin% the comparison of adolescents with siblin%s and without siblin% on emotional competence(

4onclusion: 4o conclude that the difference was observed between with siblings and without sibling adolescence on emotional competence and with siblings more competently handle unpleasant emotional situations than without sibling$ (hereas difference does not shows between with siblings and without sibling on social competence and family environment$ Su%%estions : 4o conclude that the difference was observed between with siblings and without sibling adolescence on emotional competence and with siblings more competently handle unpleasant emotional situations than without sibling$ (hereas difference does !eference: (In case of 9oo:s) $ Furthy, 8$8arayan (/11"#, Corporate Ethics, 4ata Fc*raw :ill Publishing Co$ <td$, 8ew Delhi, pg$ /@) /(In case of Ph("( Thesis) $ Alam, Aftab ( !!"#, &tudy on strategies for 4ourism Development in India, Ph$D$ 4hesis, AFD, Aligarh$ (In case of ;ournal) $ Devashish, &$,$ (Ict$, !!"#, 4he 5iving Fodel and Corporate E3cellence : A field Jeport Decision, pp / !)//C, Fonikutty, & ( !!-# 4elecom &ervices in Drban and Corporate &egments : A Consumer Perspective, >ikalpa, vol$//, 8o$ @, pp ?) K$ (In case of Newspaper or )a%a<ine Article) $ Aftab, &$,$$ L4he 5iving Fodel and Corporate E3cellence$M 8ewsweek$ @ Aug$ /11!: @/)@?$ Print$ (In case of Article or e9oo: from an "atabase)

Emotional competence dimensions e3hibit significant difference e3cept for enhancement of Table#- showin% the comparison of adolescents with siblin%s and without siblin% on social competence (N#&'')( "imensions of 3motional 4ompetence 5S (N 6 -+') ) S" 57S (N 6 ,') ) S" ,($+ -(-, &(*1 &('+ $(0' '(+* '(., $(&0 '(+'(1, t# value

S) +0(1, 1(,. +0($* S8 $$(1& -('* $$(-& ST -$(+1 &(+, -'(*1 S4 $.(.+ &(-+ -'($& PA *(+' $(,, *(-* Si%nificance level ('$// and ('1/

4able / revealed that adolescents with siblings ((&# obtained higher mean scores in social maturity! social leadership! social tolerance and prosocial attitude$ Adolescents without sibling ((I&# were found higher mean scores than adolescents having siblings on social competition and analyEing the Gt7 value was not significant at any level on all the dimensions of social competence$ 4his shows that there is no

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