International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 10 3 2021 07 14 Using free listing to understand the difficulties of school going adolescents 43 46 EN Aguilar Mark Gabriel Wagan 1 School Director, ABE International Business College-Quezon City, Philippines Ippili Tarakeswara Rao 1 Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, Central University of Karnataka, India Islam Tanvirul 1 Department of Economics and Banking, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Bangladesh Majumdar Samrat 1 Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga Mandal Sujit 2 Department of Geography, Diamond Harbour Women’s University Ebrahimi Ali Akbar 1 Department of Psychology, Bamyan University, Bamyan, Afghanistan Bakhtyari Mohammad Basir 2 Department of Psychology, Bamyan University, Bamyan, Afghanistan Das Kaushik 1 CWTT, College Approved of B.Ed. Department, Gobardanga Hindu College, City- Gobardanga, P.O.-Khantura, Dist- North 24 Parganas, India Harikrishnan U. 1 Department of Social Work, School of Social Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India Sailo Grace Lalhlupuii 2 Department of Social Work, School of Social Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India > Short Communication 2020 8 29 2021 07 14 School going adolescents undergo multiple challenges in their personal, family and academic life. The paper examines the difficulties faced by school going adolescents in Kollam district, Kerala. A cross sectional study was conducted through free listing method using Anthropac software. Sixty school going adolescents were randomly selected from classes VIII to XII from one government and one private school. The paper focuses on personal difficulties, difficulties at home and at school faced by adolescent students. The result depicts that forgetfulness (21.7%) and headache (18.3%), parents’ pressure & parents have no time for them, adjustment problems& groupism are the major difficulties from the perspective of school going adolescents whereas more than a tenth of them reported that they have no difficulties. The study concludes that there is a need to provide systematic intervention model for the better development of school going adolescents. Copyright@ International Science Community Association