Parental Encouragement and Mental Health among Students

The purpose of the present study is to find out the gender differences in parental encouragement and mental health among students. Total sample consisted of 200 male and female students with the age range of 16-24. Mental health inventory and parental encouragement scale were administered for data collection. Score were analyzed by t-test and correlation technique was applied to investigate the gender differences and relationship between parental encouragement and mental health. Results indicated that female students have better parental encouragement and mental health in comparison to male students. There is significant positive correlation between parental encouragement and mental health in the group of male students but in the group of female students the correlation found between mental health and parental encouragement was not significant.