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This study examined gender and locality differences on anxiety and gender role conflict with 600 Mizo adolescents aged between 15 to 18 years (300 males, 300 females and 300 urbans, 300 rural), from different districts of Mizoram. The participants were tested using Gender Role Conflict Scale (GRCS) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale- 42 (DASS- 42) in classroom settings. The findings of the present study show significant independent effect of gender and locality on anxiety, in which female participantsas compared to male participantsscored higher on anxiety; and urban participants as compared to rural participants scored higher on anxiety. Also, rural participants scored higher than urban participants on restrictive emotionality and restrictive affectionate behavior between men/women subscales of GRCS, whereas, the urban participants scored higher than the rural participants on conflict between work and family relations subscale of GCRS.