Cross-cultural Challenges of Indian and Chinese Youth
ABSTRACT
Youth is considered to be transition phase to adulthood where significant decisions and life events occur. India and China have the largest population of youth in the world. However, on the other hand, there is equivalent proportion of mental health issues being reported with the youth. The current study aimed to explore the differences between Indian and Chinese youth problems. The study employed Youth Inventory Scale (Verma, 2004); is a self-administered inventory to identify the problems that youth face in areas of family, school/ college, social settings and personal life and oversensitivity. A total of 411 Indian youth (M = 182; F = 229) with MAge = 20.88 and 204 Chinese Youth (Males = 67; Females = 137) with MAge = 25.19 participated voluntarily in the study. The results of the study indicated significant difference with respect to gender on family problem (F (3,611) = 2.75, p < 0.05) and age-group on personal problem (F (5,609) = 2.64, p < 0.05). The youth possessed same problems with respect to family-income and educational qualification. These results indicate that there is no significant difference between Indian and Chinese youth, thus emphasize that problems faced by youth in all cultures are similar.
Key Words: Youth, Problems, India, China
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