Volume 9 : Issue 3 (2022)

A Study of Mental Health of Rural Adolescents

Mental health is one of the most important aspects of adolescents’ lives. One’s mental health is determined by how well they process information. Better mental health is linked to education because it allows people to make more choice, which ultimately give them more control over their lives. The aim and objective of the current study was to explore the level of mental health among adolescents in reference to gender, standard (XI & XII) and parental education. The study is a cross-sectional survey which was conducted on 82 adolescent students studying in XI and XII classes. The data was collected by using the standardized research instrument “The Mental Health Battery” developed by Arun Kumar Singh and Alpana Sen Gupta. The collected data was analyzed through Percentage Analysis and statistical test‘t’ and ANOVA. The study reveals that a significance difference was found in mental health of boys and girls adolescent students. On the other side significant difference was found in mental health among XI and XII standard adolescent students. But no influence of parental education was found in mental health of adolescent students.

Mental Health, Adolescents, Educational attainment

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