Corelation of Mental Health Across Different Dimensions of Percieved Problems of Rural Adolescents

The present study was conducted to assess the peer support and perceived problems as correlate of mental health among rural adolescents. Current research study included total sample of 200 and among them 100 were girls and 100 were boys. Due to Covid Pandemic the sample was randomly selected from rural government schools of Distt. Hoshiarpur. General Information sheet was used to collect information regarding demographic profile of the respondents. Standardized tools like Mental health battery (Singh & Gupta, 2000) and Beck Youth Inventory were used to assess the level of both mental health and perceived problems respectively of the selected adolescents. Non standardized checklist was used to assess the perceived need of peer support of adolescents. Data revealed that majority of the rural adolescents had very poor level of mental health. Majority of Girls' level of mental health was very poor in comparison to the boys. Overall results indicated that adolescents perceived psycho social problems related to anxiety, anger, self-concept overall adjustment and disruptive behavior but it was for some time only. Among adolescents, large proportion of girls in comparison to the boys perceived problems. Rural adolescents less need of peer support.