The comparative study of male and female boarding school students’ love and marriage, interpersonal, moral and sexual, job, and dormitory problems in Mahneshan (based on a content analysis of letters received by advisor)

Abstract

The adolescence period is associated with many biological, psychological, and social developments. These may cause crisis and problems for them. The behavioral science experts emphasize on mental and behavioral innate differences of these two sexes such as strong emotion and intuitive thinking of women, strong spatial and reasoning thinking of men, tendency of women to relationships with individuals, the attention of attention to practical matters, and tendency of men to aggressive behaviors. It is important and necessary to investigate these developments, problems, and differences. However, this study aimed to compare the level and type of adolescent girls and boys problems according to issues and problems which they mentioned in their letters. The research method was content analysis. This study aimed to examine the problems of adolescent girls and boys in their own terms. For this purpose, 100 female students and 100 male students in boarding schools in Mahneshan were asked to state their problems. The obtained data were analyzed by independent t-test. The findings showed that 29% had problems in relation to having relationship with opposite sex and 16.5 percent had problem in not having close friend and inability to communicate with others. Also, there was significant differences between girls and boys in relation to academic, personal, virtual environment, and interpersonal communication problems. It was concluded that given the importance of young people familiarity with problems of adolescence period and methods of dealing with problems, it is necessary that the mental health programs will be developed considering the needs and problems of adolescents and their age and academic conditions.