53% of Indian Youths Are ‘Personality Malnourished': Study
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Nagpur: India is often called a young country, with nearly 26 crore people between the ages of 18 and 29. This is seen as our greatest strength. However, a new study brings serious concern — 53% of Indian youth are 'personality malnourished'.
This means their overall growth as individuals is not happening well — they are missing important life skills, emotional strength, and social values, the study found.
This study was conducted by Amrut Bang, project director of NIRMAN, who presented three research papers at the Emerging Adulthood Conference held in Charleston, USA, recently. NIRMAN is a youth educational initiative started under Gadchiroli-based NGO SEARCH (Society for Education, Action, Research in Community Health).
Bang's key paper is based on research involving 4,283 young people between 2021 and 2024. The conference focused on the life phase of Emerging Adulthood (18 to 29 years) — a time when young people explore their identity and build their future. The term was introduced by psychologist Jeffrey Arnett, who also attended the conference with over 300 researchers from across the world.
"The National Education Policy 2020 calls for the complete, all-round development of youth.
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NIRMAN has developed a way to measure this overall growth," said Bang. "Our research clearly shows that more than half of Indian youth are malnourished in their personality. This is a big concern that needs attention." He added, "While 35% of Indian children are physically malnourished, 53% of youth are personality malnourished.
This is an even bigger problem."
There were 50 questions in total. If a youth scored poorly in two-thirds (2/3) of the questions in any one area, they were considered personality malnourished in that domain.
The study found that 53% of youth were personality malnourished in four or more areas. Only 9% showed good growth in all seven important areas of life.
"We have tools to check if a child is growing well physically. In the same way, we need tools to check if our youth are growing well as people. That's why we created this method," said Bang.
# How is Personality Malnourishment Measured?
NIRMAN developed a simple method to check the overall growth of youth in seven important life areas:
- Physical health
- Mental health
- Character and values
- Relationships
- Professional growth
- Life skills
- Social contribution
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Amrut Bang also presented two more studies:
- The Emotional World of Indian Youth: A study on the most common emotions experienced by Indian youth
- The Questions Indian Youth Are Asking: Based on 6,100 real questions from young people. The most frequently asked question: 'Who am I, and what is the purpose of my life?'
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