Introduction

A case study is an inquiry into an event by either an individual or an organization. It is

Robert K.Yin (2003) defines the case study research method “as an empirical inquiry that
investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context; when the
boundaries between the phenomenon and content are not clearly evident; and in which
multiple source of evidence are used.

According to Greene (2003), in the field of social sciences, a case study (or case report) is
a descriptive, explanatory or exploratory analysis of a person, group or event. Case study
research can mean single and multiple case studies, which can include quantitative
evidence, relying on multiple sources of evidence, and benefits from the prior
development of theoretical propositions. Case studies should not be from the prior
development of theoretical propositions. Case studies should not be confused with being
subjected to only qualitative research and they can be based on nay mix of quantitative
and qualitative evidence. Single- subject research provides the statistical framework for
making inferences from quantitative case-study data.

Case studies in Quantitative research

Case studies are research that focus on and gather in depth information about a specific
person, group, community, or event. They have numerous advantages and disadvantages.
Case studies are best suited in considering the how and why questions, or when the
investigator has little control events.

Through case study methods, a researcher is able to go beyond the quantitative statistical
results and understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ conditions though the respondents point of
view. By including both quantitative and qualitative data, case studies help in explaining
both the process and outcome of a phenomenon through complete observation,
reconstruction and analysis of the cases under investigation (Zaidah Zaina, 2007).
Case studies when used to explain the quantitative research enables a researcher to
closely examine the data within a specific context while trying to interpret the causative
factors that led to the findings. It enables the researcher to understand why the
phenomena occurred.

Case study designs

The ‘Explanatory case study method’ was adopted, it is a method used to explore
causation pertaining to the phenomena. In this case what made the respondents
(Adolescent college students) have a low perspectives and outcome pertaining to the
overall emotional maturity, overall social maturity, overall achievement motivation and
parenting style.

Henry Harder (2010), describes this method by the process of using both qualitative and
quantitative research methods to explore and describe the phenomena. Robert K.Yin
(2003) highlights the explanatory case study as a method, which is used when the
researcher is seeking to answer a question that sought to explain the presumed causal
links in real-life interventions that are too complex for survey or a questionnaire to
answer.

Selection Criteria

Case Studies allow a researcher to investigate a topic in far more detail that might be
possible if trying to deal with larger number of research participants. It allows the
researcher to select respondents without the practical application of sampling techniques,
which is not of great significance in qualitative research (Saul McLeod, 2008). With
regard to the same, as denoted in table 48,49,50 and 51 respectively, the researcher based
on the convenience of respondents willing to participate in the study selected 3
respondents who had low scoring in relation to the overall emotional maturity, overall
social maturity, parenting style and overall achievement motivation. Informed consent
for the participants willing to participate in the research process was also systematically
done while adhering to the ethics and norms of research.
 Case study Questions

Questions were designed to facilitate the outcomes of why there was a negligible
performance pertaining to the respondent’s emotional maturity, social maturity, parenting
style and achievement motivation. The questions were focused based on the
recommendations and opinions of expert in the field, which were crosschecked and
modified to suit the overall study.

 What will be the emotions that predominantly color your personality? Why is it so?

 How often you develop friction amidst friends and family members. Reason out any one
in recent past.

 What do you think about your achievement so far? If no, why what is the reason?

 Do you have the fire for achieving something in your near future? If so, what?

 How often you keep yourself with drawn from the socializing groups. Why what
happened?

 What will be your opinion about the way your parents treat you at home since childhood?
cite out few examples

 Can you associate yourself with your friends and parent so closely? Point out some
instances supporting the same

 Do you have any love affair, or into any convicting habits that is too much for this age?
Explain it.

 What is the level of freedom in your college home and among your friends circle?

Case study Methodology:

Case study research is a methodology that can take either a qualitative or a quantitative
approach. To present the case studies a format described by Brian Budgell (2008), was
adopted in which the scheme for case study presentation was broadly classified into four:
 Introduction

 Case presentation

 Outcome

 Discussion

a) Introduction- Describes the context of the case.

b) Case Presentation- Why the Case study was undertaken and what were the
research questions?

c) Outcome – the reason behind the occurrences of the phenomenon that was
to be studied.

d) Discussion – Summarization of the presented Case Study

Case study Technique

Interview was the technique used by the researcher to bring about meaningful inferences
pertaining to the questions that were proposed. The researcher spent 2 to 3 hours with each of
the respondents (adolescent college students). Permissions and timings played a very vital
role in performing the case studies. An appointment has to be made with the respondents and
the sessions were carried out. The case study has three sessions, which was conducted on
alternate day in the same week. Prior appoints has to be mad by the researcher to ensure the
free time of the respondents to put the discussion at easy pace to answer the questions.

Precincts of case studies

Case study methodology adopted has been confined to this study and does not seek to
generalize various case studies designs and methodologies. The explanatory case study
design put forth by Robert K. Yin (2003), was adopted and the methodology as stated by
Brian Budgel (2010), was used. Though the concept remained the same, the researcher
brought in the implications from the field of medical and psychiatric pertaining to the
discipline of social work in presenting the case study report. This was effectively
 implemented based on the guidance and consultation with research advisors and experts in
the field

Introduction

The respondent for the case study is a unique single specimen type whose emotional
maturity in his middle adolescent period is incredibly low despite the fact that he enjoys a higher
level of socio economic status, has limited friends and good family support. Added to this, that
would surprise any researcher is the fact that he is neither alcohol dependent nor SNS addicted.
Achievement motivation according to table 21 is extremely low for the respondent and in order
to validate the authenticity his leaflet were scanned and incorporated into the thesis. The
researcher is intrigued by the fact that the respondent having hailed from a adequately
authoritative, caring and protective family, has so much of negativity and reticence towards life.
He has failed to latch on to the support his family generally offer and does not sound his age.

Case Presentation:

The respondent is a 19-year-old, II year UG, lanky, well-dressed, feeble and slow motor
movements. He is forthright in expressing himself. It only took the researcher a few positive
things about him and he set the ball rolling. In fact, it took the respondent by surprise, for he
admitted that he has never heard anything positive about him, this open. Surprising his parents
though caring lacked anything like open recognition or appreciation. To a deliberate question by
the researcher about his strength and weakness, he with an air of sarcasm about it said that his
mother being his strength and fathers his weakness. On further clarification made to talk about
his strength and weakness, he held ground repeating the same. This opened the floodgates to vent
his piled up pain stating that his parent's marital disharmony is the prime reason for his continued
sadness in life. His mother verbally and physically abusing his father and then compromising has
dumped the goodness he had with his peers. His father jobless and doing the household chores
and his mother a government teacher has made only matters worse. He and his brother, though
seems to incline towards their father more. The respondent’s interest in education was almost nil
and not attempted to improve it either.

His poor ratings in the emotional stability progression adjustment and personal integration
combined with a minimal score in social maturity only qualitatively prove his absolute loss of
drive and interest to achieve. Phrases like “I forget how to smile", " I know not what happiness
is" sums up his absolute disinterest, augmented by his discontinuing class 10 because of his
parents separation and continuing further after their reunion. His only happy moment was in his
friend's birthday party where his name too was added and he considers that as only instant of
recognition and respect by a friend, which even his parents failed.

The researcher to her disbelief found the respondent completely insulated from the social
networking, cyber bullying, fake IDs mobile using and so forth that are much common to any
adolescent. The primary reason for such indifference is the easy availability of porn materials in
CD, courtesy his father, of course without his mother's knowledge. He admits with guilt and
shame of having quit drinking and smoking that was learnt watching them but could not do away
with masturbation.

His un-cleared 16 arrears, peers calling him by names, his father's extra marital affairs followed
by eloping with that lady and his desperate yet successful attempt to bring his father back marred
his emotional, personal, psychological and social maturity. He, amazingly, does not fantasize,
imagine or dream to which he could be truthful or at least pursue.

Outcome:

Case presentation clearly outlines the respondent’s maturity in terms of emotional and social, not
on par with his age because of the negativity he incurred though his situations and circumstances
like traumatized childhood, frequent shift in house, volatile households, emotional separation of
parents, abusive mother, immoral father, untrustworthy relatives and betraying friends. His
statements were like " I shouldn't trust even my mom"; "No one treats me as a human being", "
There can be no success in my life" and so forth sum him up. These jargons were highly
convicting the client to perceive his world of growth as something terrifying and mystical too.
Though social economic status never drive the person his parent’s negligence make him to be
predominantly under fright and go immature emotions and his personal disintegration to his
immediate next people were threatening as he was not on par with his counter parts

The respondent is not depressed but speaks in low voice. Weighing himself in a very low of self
worth and was in tears off and on while narrating his situations and was either moist or choking
while speaking about his inability. He has no idea on which skill he ha sto empower and at what
he will be talented and his desires were also not treasured for all these years . Almost at the end
of the session, the researcher could see a perceived change in respondent’s esteem and strength
only to validate that, counseling can sure help him claim back his maturity level.

The respondent's emotional are unstable and not stronger than his parents. Their over
protectiveness and not creating any challenge for respondents to fulfill has put him in a complete
negative state of mind.

The respondent’s family situation stopped his enjoying alcohol parties while peer pressure
almost made him like other adolescent but for his volatile family environment. The researcher
also found that the respondent is generally a reticent person, pessimistic in nature, but overreacts
to even trivial situations. Thus, it is only clear that factors like parenting model, Parent’s marital
adjustment, unrealistic and selfish relatives, have a significant role in an individual self-growth
and social skill.

Discussion:

As per the case studies, the content reveals that childhood trauma and the parental scope in
upbringing the kids were the two relevant sources to trigger the psychological and sociological
development. It is his relationship with his primary home (that offers a catalogue of dealing with
situations and contexts) went very pathetic that mentoring or modeling. With such poor exposure
the client, find it hard to solve the issue by him, decide thing follow. Thus, the client was
desperate about his situation, expressed a doomed fear impinging upon him, and keeps him idle
always. Social work intervention is expected to intervene the case to prevent from adverse
condition.

The client after an intense learning and observation concludes that he has an immense sadness
and deep pain, which his parents refused to create a nest for him and his brother. Though it
sounds like blaming their parent’s negligence of adequate parenting and keep on fighting for
their preferences and choices that made them to forget to grow their children emotionally ad
socially. This grave condition buried the motivation to achieve and never document any
memories to speak out or grow out positively.