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Mental Health in Relation to School Environment and Socio-Economic Status Among Adolescents


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This present study examined mental health in relation to school environment and socio-economic status among adolescents. Sample comprised 200 adolescents of Amritsar city of Punjab. 100 female and 100 male were selected randomly. Participants were assessed by Mental Health battery (2005) developed by Singh and Sengupta, School environment inventory (2002) developed by Mishraand Socio-Economic Status Scale (Rural/Urban) (2006) developed by Sham, Singh and Kumar was used to measure the socio-economic status of adolescents.Descriptive statistics namely mean, median, mode, S.D., t-test and Pearson's correlation was used for attaining the objectives of this study. Results revealed thatthere exists no significant mean difference in mental health among female and male adolescents. The mean score of mental health of female and male adolescents shows that male adolescents are mentally healthier than female adolescents. There exists significant positive correlation between mental health and school environment and socio-economic status among adolescents.

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Mental Health, Adolescents, School Environment, Socio-Economic Status.
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Paramjit Kaur Sandhu
Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Binny Rajpal
Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala, India

Abstract


This present study examined mental health in relation to school environment and socio-economic status among adolescents. Sample comprised 200 adolescents of Amritsar city of Punjab. 100 female and 100 male were selected randomly. Participants were assessed by Mental Health battery (2005) developed by Singh and Sengupta, School environment inventory (2002) developed by Mishraand Socio-Economic Status Scale (Rural/Urban) (2006) developed by Sham, Singh and Kumar was used to measure the socio-economic status of adolescents.Descriptive statistics namely mean, median, mode, S.D., t-test and Pearson's correlation was used for attaining the objectives of this study. Results revealed thatthere exists no significant mean difference in mental health among female and male adolescents. The mean score of mental health of female and male adolescents shows that male adolescents are mentally healthier than female adolescents. There exists significant positive correlation between mental health and school environment and socio-economic status among adolescents.

Keywords


Mental Health, Adolescents, School Environment, Socio-Economic Status.