question Significant difference at 0.05 levels among the girls were found in Q.No. 4, 6, 11, that shows difference in selection of mate by parent choice .2740,
intercast marriage .2905, age factor .2618. Most of the values are found to be positively correlated.
Table-5 : Correlation between the attitude towards mate selection and type of personality across the gender CSA HBTI among the respondents across the gender
Q. No. Total girls CSA HBTI n
1
a n
2
a N=60
Total boys CSA HBTI n
1
b n
2
b N=60 Type of
personality Cool
Type of personality
Average Type of
personality Cool
Type of personality
Average
1 0.1068
0.4010 0.2986
0.2311 2
0.0869 0.3742
0.2276 0.1233
3 0.1196
0.0741 0.1253
0.0123 4
0.2740 0.3795
0.2153 0.0221
5 0.3979
0.0654 0.2581
0.0341 6
0.2905 0.3353
0.0705 0.0301
7 0.1191
0.1451 0.1890
0.0334 8
0.0187 0.0221
0.0341 0.0124
9 0.2187
0.0321 0.2169
0.1452 10
0.3604 0.3342
0.2980 0.3122
11 0.2618
0.1211 0.2116
0.2314 12
0.1277 0.0121
0.0189 0.0321
13 0.0231
0.2213 0.0476
0.2310 14
0.1192 0.0531
0.1154 0.1134
15 0.2632
0.0321 0.2762
0.0234
16
0.1000 0.0432
0.1000 0.2342
Significant at 0.01 Significant at 0.05
5. Conclusion
An adolescent is a very crucial period, involving a variety of physiological and psychological changes that usually affects marriage and mate selection
qualities regarding their personality traits. most of the girls and boys were preferred to have well educated mates in their life and they also wanted to have a
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partner with good sense of humor and should have faithful to them. In case of personality traits most of the girls and boys were found in cool and average
categories, positive significant relationship was found between the level of personality type and attitude of mate selection. According to the sten score on
personality traits most of the boys were found easy going participating, good scholastic achievement, emotionally stable, serious, suspicious, more polished
and socially aware, believe in following self image. While girls were found more effected with emotional feelings, more expressive, cheerful, suspicious, genuine,
self satisfied, and group oriented. It is quite satisfactory that most of the girls and boys were having the experimental type of personality, they were open to
change, relaxed and unfrustrated attitudes which help a person to lead happy and healthy life.
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Article Received on July 21, 2015; Accepted on August 22, 2015
