Manual for YOUTH PROBLEM INVENTORY YPI-v Dr. (Mrs.) M. Verma, peta. Head Department of Psychology A.N.D.M.M. Mahavidyalaya KANPUR (U. P.) TM. Reg 54898 Copyright Regd. No. © A-73256/2006 Dt. 135,05, An ISO 9001 : 2008 Certified Company ISBN : 978-93-87452-22-0 www.npcindia.com Estd. 1971 @: (0562) 2601080 NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CORPORATION UG-1, Nirmal Heights, Near Mental Hospital, Agra-282 007INTRODUCTION The Youth Problem Inventory is a self administering Inventory for the students of 16 to 20 years of age of Hindi speaking areas to locate the problems which the students are ready to disclose. Construction The Youth Problem Inventory has come in its final form after passing through the following stages. First of all an exploratory study of the problems, felt by youths, was done on a sample of 125 students randomly selected from the population of adolescents of 16 to 20 years of age group. On the basis of this exploration a list of statements was prepared, covering all the Problems mentioned by the adolescents. Another list was prepared of all relevant categories and sub-categories of the areas to which all the mentioned problems may belong. The criteria for classification were that the categories and sub-categories should : i) Cover the maximum problems of youths, ( (ii) Be enough in number for convenience in scoring and summarization. (iii) Provide well pointed indication for programmes of action. ( iv) Present a good format for the interpretation. These two randomly arranged lists — one of the relevant categories and sub- categories of problem areas and another of statements covering all problems, were sent to 15 judges with the request to indicate the exact area or sub-area for each statement. On the basis of 80% of favourable judgement teports for a single statement belonging to a particular area and sub-area, Categories and sub-categories were decided finally.statements were arranged systematically. Now the inventory was ready for pilot study, The pilot study was done on 315 students of 16 to 20 years of age group. On the basis of this study and after finding out discriminative value of the statements, the number of statements was reduced from 99 to 80. This final form of the inventory was administered to 764 students of 16 to 20 years of age group to get the norms. Purpose This inventory was constructed for more efficient group method to identity problems of youth and thus it is economical. The purposes of this Inventory are : (i) To discriminate anong youths with more or less problems. (ii) To identify exact problem area. (iii) To screen the students for counselling and personal help. (iv) To make young people know their own problems. (v) To enable paremts and teachers to understand their children. (vi) To indicate difference in problems of youths and pupils of other age group. (vii) Y.P.. can also be adopted to know ‘adjustment' and ‘anxiety’ of the youths. Areas and Sub-areas of Inventory The Inventory contains 80 statements belonging to the undermentioned 4 areas and a number of sub-areas under each main area. The exhaustiveness of the Inventory has been verified from the < iswers of an additional question "Do you think you have mentioned all of your problems in this inventory" at the time of standardization of the final form of Youth Problem Inventory. 87% of the students have given positive answers.Manual for YPI- Area A : Family Problems Sr. | Serial No. wise | Code Details No. Statement 1. | vand2 Al | Parental indifferences 2 AS_ | Parental strict supervision lack of freedom 3 AC | Criticism and tack of recognition by parents 4] on AD | Demands by family 8. | 12-14 AIN | Interference 6. | 15and 16 ADO | Parental dominance 7. | s7and18 AM. | Maintenance of difference between sons and daughters 8. | 19and20 AR | Rejection from parents 9. | 21and22 AF | Fearot parents 10. | 23and24 AP | Projection by parents 11. | 25and26 AA | Lack of affiliation 12. | 27 and28 AO_ | Overdependence on parents 13. | Only 29 AG | Inter-generation gap in ideology 14. | 30and31 ASR | Sibling relation Area B : School / College Problems Sr. | Serial No. wise | Code Details No.| Statement 1. | Only1 BF | Fear of college activities 2. | 2-4 BFT | Fearof teachers 3. | Sand6 BR | Rejection and indifference by teachers 4. | 7and8 BI_ | Incompetence of teachers 5. | 9-12 BH | Harsh, rude and sarcastic behaviour of teachers 6. | 13-15 BIS | Isolation 7. | 16-18 8S | Difficulties in school/college subjects 8. | 19and20 BHA | Other handicaps at school/college Area C : Social Problems Sr. | Serial No. wise | Code Details No.} Statement 1] 1-3 CS_| Social inferionties 2. | 4and5 G1 | Social isolationSr. | Serial No, wise | Code Dotails No. Statement 1. ] tand2 DF | Mlogical tears 2 | 3-5 00 | Depressions 3. | Gand7 DH | Health and constitution 4, | Sando DB | Beauty consciousness 5. | 10and11 DM | Manners and habits 6. | 12and13 DC} Presentand future careor 7. | 14-16 OP | Personal handicaps 8, | 17and18 DFR | Frustrations 9. | 19-24 DFF | Feelings of failure and interiorities Reliability This Inventory is especially designed to locate problems at a particular time, ina particular situation and also to locate only those problems which the respondents want to disclose or are consciously aware of. For the purpose of establishing Test-Retest Realiability the inventory was administered on a sample of 100 youths. The Retest was given after an interval of 20 days to avoid more changes in problems as the nature of problems is dynamic. The reliability coefficient of Youth Problem Inventory is as follows : Area Reliability Coefficient Family Problems 0.85* School/College Problems 0.36" Social Problems 0.76* Personal Problems and Over Sensitivity 0.81" Entire Inventory 0.80" Range 0.76-0.86 * significant at .01 level of significanceValidity Validity coefficients of Y.P.1, have been found with a number of standardized tests and also with certain other suitable techniques as mentioned below : oc Tests / Techniques Sample Validity No. Size Coefficients 1. | Problem check list-Dr. N. Bhagia 764 0.75 2. | Adjustment Inventory—Prof. H. S, Asthana 450 0.72 3._| YouthAdjustmentAnalyser-Km. MehruD. Bengali} 400 0.68 4, | Mooney Problem Check List 632 0.69 5. | Affirmative answers of the question concerning coverage of problems. 720 87% 6. | Known cases 45 Range of Scores 69 - 152 The Utility The utility of Youth Problem Inventory can be evaluated with respectto the following points : Itcovers a sufficiently large range of all types of problems of youths. 2. Itcan be conveniently used in its full form as well as in its partial form, thatis only for a particular area. 3. Its efficiency in location of problems has already been known through its administration to the known cases. 4. Ithas been successfully used for M. Ed. thesis by a student at Kanpur. 5. The percentages (in round numbers) of Y.P.I. items marked by the testees are : Area 'A'-97% Area 'B'- 90% Area 'C' — 80% Area 'D' — 96% The mean percentage of the items checked on the entire Inventory is 91%. ADMINISTRATION Instructions to the Test Administrator : 1. Create a suitable and quiet atmosphere for the test. 2. Instruct the testees to fill in the biodata columns on the cover page of the Inventory.3. Youth Problom Inventor wiitten on the cover page of the inventory, while the testees should be instructed to road silontly alongwith you 4, Permit the tostoos to clarify their diflicultios, if they have any, about the instruction ; or procedure. 5. Give a signal to open the booklet and to start the work. 6. Donot disturb or give any suggestions to any testee while he is filling the inventory, 7. There is no time limit. Speed is not so important in the inventory as is accuracy, Usually testees finish it within 15 minutes, but give time to the individuals who are slower in completing their work. 8. Collect booklets as soon as they finish up with their answers. 9. Score the problem items according to the scoring pattern given in the manual, enter them into proper cages on the last page anc specify the problem area (s). Instructions to the Testee “or: ton aren % fe gkeeneh faenfeeit at off Ge waren’ ech B, frre wena aridgnfers wu A users Tara: Proferapghs yao gar sa A B fear A shea zi uber 3 Rv we were) wr ana A ufeel ee wea PW award ‘ex’, ‘anifrs wer va ‘srren feren gan & | aS wert srrad fer faa wa A wea s al rer’ H ears aa TA Aaa or Ree © cenge! ehh wore fe wert snob wee Hy ae a we as A ‘snfirs wea’ & url aa wre a wl an Ree M cere Roog caret eae, wa waa & fre daa vw A wet a fee cone Fi ana saz sirachier eat oma | wees erat & fore Rew croran sraveren 1 guen efterar B see afer” Scoring 1. Scoring patternis as tol ws: True ae 2 Scores Partially True stirs wer | 1 Score False sre 0 Zero2. Find out total scores ‘obtained in each st with the help of the following formula : Max. Score in the Sub area Scores obtained Manual for YPI-v | 9 100 jub-area, convert them into percentage and enter raw scores and Percentages in the respective cages on the back page of inventory. Division of Scores in Sub-areas AREA 'A' AREA ‘B! Sr.| Code | Number of Maximum Sr. | Code] Number of Maximum No. | Statements Score Possible No. Statements Score Possible 2 Al 2 4 1. BF 7 2 2.) AS 3 6 = | Gr 3 6 3.) AC 3 6 3. BR 2 4 4.| AD 3 6 4. BI 2 4 5.) AIN | 3 6 5. BH 4 8 6. | ADO 2 4 6. BIS 3 6 7.| aM 2 4 7. | Bs 3 5 | 8.) AR 2 4 8. | BHA 2 4 |! 9.| AF 2 4 Total Stement 2 10.] AP 2 4 Maximum Scores 40 11.) AA 2 4 Minimum Scores. 0 tz[ aol 2 4 13.| AG 1 2 14.| ASR 2 4 Tota Statement ot Maximum Scores 62 Minimum Scores oOAREA ‘c AREA 'D' st] Code] Numbor ot | Maximum sr] Cude | Number of | Maximum Score Possible Score Possible 6 1.| DF 2 4 —] 5 2.| bo 3 6 Maximum Soo 10 3.| 0H 2 4 ‘nnn Soares 0 4.[_0B 2 4 a 5. |_DM 2 4 6. |_bc 2 4 7. oP 3 6 8.| DFR 2 4 9. | DEF 6 12 Total Statomvont 2 Maxinnam Seor0s 48 L_| [ tininam Scores | 0 3. Add raw scores obtained in each area to get the maximum score obtained on the entire inventory, convert it into percentile rank and stanine score with the help of the Tables No. 6 and 7 and enter them into the respective cages on the last page. Maximum possible score on the entire Inventory is 160. 4. Evaluation of a particular case is to be done : (i) On intra-area basis through percentage of each sub-area. (ii) On inter-area basis through consulting the 'NORMS TABLE 1, 2 and 3. (iii) On the basis of the entire Inventory through consulting the 'NORM TABLE 5, 6 and 7. 5. Specify the problem area, if it is either of ‘ABOVE AVERAGE ' (C) or ‘HIGH (B/A) categories (NORMS TABLE 8) by putting @ mark in the respecitve page on the last * page.TABLE 1: AREA 'A‘ 2 Percentile Rank (— Raw Percentile | Raw Percentile | Raw | Percentile Scores Rank Scores Rank Scores Rank Upto2 P, aA re aa ; 4 2 P| Pa @ A Es % ES 5 Pp, n P, 41 6 P, Ey Pi, 2 7 Pay 2 Pi, a3 e Pu a P,, a 9 Pie 2B P, Pe ag Pu 2 Pr % Pa 1 P,, 20 P,, 7 P,, 2 P,, a Pe a ea 13 P,, m2 P., 43 P, 7% P,, a Pas 30 Pe, | a Py, A Py, Bt Py, 6 Py. 5 Pe 2 P,, q7 TP 236 Pay 53 ‘Above Ge 18 Po T Py, & above 9 Pe 20 Pa TABLE 2: AREA 'B' : Percentile Rank Raw Percentile Raw Percentile Raw Percentile Scores Rank Scores Rank Scores Rank 0 P, 2 Pe, 24 Peal 1 P. 13 Pin 25 Pa, 2 Py 14 P,, 26 P,, 3 Py 15 p, 27 P, (ac4 Py 16 Pa 28 P,, 5 P, 17a] 29 P, Cn 18 Pee 30 P, 7 Py, 19 Pea 31 Py 8 P, 20 Pi 32 Pup 9 Pay 21 | P, 33 ‘Above 98 10 Py ES Py & above 1 Pay 23 P,12 | Manual forYPI-v eee ee TABLE 2 AREA ‘C' : Percentile Raw Percentile Raw | Percentile Raw | Percentile | Scores Rank Scores | Rank | Scores | Rank | [ ] : | | Upto 1 P 4 | pe, | 7 2 5 | | 2 | | 3 6 | g&@ above TABLE 4 AREA 'D' : Percentile Rank Raw Percentile Raw Percentile Raw Percentile Scores Rank Scores Rank Scores Rank Uptot P, 17 P. 33 2 P, 18 P. 34 3 P, 19 P. 35 4 iz 20 P, 36 5 wy 21 P. 37 6 P, 22 Pi, 38 7 Pro 23 Pes 39 8 Rea 24 en 40 9 Py 25 P,, at w Py 26 P,, 42 abl PE 27 PL, 43 a2 Pos 28 P,, 44 es Pos 29 P., 45 14 P,, [30 P,, = es Pos 31 Pa & above 16 P. a By a ~ee Ree nen en ween eee eee ee Manual for YPI-v | 13 Stanino & Percentile Norms for Interpretation Area Woe of Stanine Grades Scores Vall Mav v Vi & VIL Vult & IX Extremely | Below | Average | Above | Cases for Counselling Low Average Average High Raw Score Range 0-7 9-16 | 17-21 | 22-34 | 5-42 | 43 & above A Porcontilo Rank PoP, PuPay| ParPer | PuPoo | PuicPu, | Par & above Rango ml Raw Score Range 0-2 3-9 | 10-13 | 14-19 | 21-29 | 30 & above B Porcontilo Rank PP, PAP] PaPor | PurPor [PaicPar | Pa & above Rango Raw Score Rango ont 2-3 4 5-6 7 8 & above c Porcontile Rank PoP, PP] Pay | PuPor | Pay | Pps & above: Range | Raw Score | 0-7 9-16 | 17-21 | 25-31 | 32-39 | 40 & above D Percentile Rank P-P,, PurPy] PamPoo | PsePoy |PoomPos |Po, & above Range —| Entire | Raw Score Range 0-21 22-46 | 47-56 | 57-98 |98-120 | 121 & above Inven- | Percentilo Rank PHP, Pu-Pay| ParPeo | PosPao |Pai-Pye | Por & above tory Range Note : Categories in scores on the entire inventory give a general view of the level of problems. Inntorprotation should be done on the area-wise score,‘ABLE 6 ‘Entire Inventory’ — Percent'le Hank Faw |porcontie| naw [Percentite| naw Percentiio[ raw | Porcontial tin | Prem Scores Rank Scores Rank | Scores Rank Seures Hank eures Hate uptos| _P, z= Pay | 62 Po | 99 Eee 7 P, 35 P,, [63 P,, | 9! Poy 8 P, 36 P,, 1 Pa 92 Poy 9 BE 37 Pp, | 65 Py 93 Pe 10 P, 38 Pg | 66 Po | Py 11 P, 39 P,, | 67 P, | 95 Py, 12 P, 40 P,, | 68 Py _| 9% Poy 13 P, a P,, | 69 P,, 7 Py 4 P, a2 P,, | 70 P,, | 9 P,, 15 P, 8 eae (iat P, | 9 P,, 16 BE 44 Pi, | 72 P,, | 100 P,, 7 P, 45 P, | 73 P,, | 104 P,, 18 pF a] Py 74 Pe 102 By 19 P,, a [| Py | Pp, | 103 Py 20 Po 48 P, | 76 P,, | 104 Py, 21 Pio 49 Pus 7 P,, 105 P, 22 P,, 50 Pa 78 Py 106 Py 23 P,, 51 Py 79 P,, 107 Py 24 Py 52 P., | 80 P,, | 108 Ps 25 Pie 53, P| 81 P, | 109 P., 26 P., 54 P., 82 P,, 110 P,, 7 Pi. 55 P,, | 8 P,, | 1 P,, 28 ee 56 P,, | 94 Pp, | 12 P,, 29 Po | 87 P, | 85 P, | 113 Py, 30 Pa 58 Pp, 86 P,, 114 P,, 142 | Py | 31 Pie 59 P| 87 Py, 115 PE 443 | Ain 0s 32 Pwo 60 P., 88 Re 16 P,, |e above 33 Po a |p, |e P, | 17 PyMai Stanine Scores nual for YPI-v | 15 —————__—_— Area u mM v v wl vil vill | x ‘A’ Raw Score Range | 0-3 | 4-7 | a-11 [12-16 | 47-21 “| 35-42 | 43 & Above ‘B' Raw Score Range 0 | 1-2) 3-6 7S 10-13 416] 17-19 | 20-29 | 30 & Above "Raw Score Range | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 4 5 | 6 7 | 8&Above ‘D'Raw Score Range | 0-2} 3-7 | 8-12 | 13-16 | 17-21 | 29-26| 27-31 | 32-49 | 40 & Above 1 ‘Entire Inventory 0-11 112-21] 22-36 | 37-46 47-66 | 57-70] 71-98 | 99-120 121 Raw Scores Range Bs Above TABLE 8 Norms for Interpretation of the Level of Problems St. | Stanine Percentile Rank Range Level No.| Grade T Entire of Range | Area A Area C AreaD | Inventory] Problems 1. x P,, & P,, & P,& | P,,& | Extremely High (A) above above above | above 2. vi Py-Pyy Py Pas-Pys | Pyi-Py, | High (8) — 3. Mi, VIL PP Pa-Pas Pus-Pyy | Ps-P,, | Above Average 4. v P,P, P., Pi-Po | Pa-Pyy | Average 5 | mv | p-p, P,-P,, P.-P,, | P,.-P,, | Below Average 6, WH PP,, oP, PP, P.-P,, | Extremely Low ©2019, 2011 \tten permission ofthe publisher. Manual forYouth Problem Inventory (YP). ‘All rights reserved. No portion of this inventory material should be reproduced ‘any form without the NPC RP 7