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Mental Health: A Cross-Cultural Study on Indian and Iranian Students


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1 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
2 Department of Psychology, Government Degree Collage, Ganderbal, Kashmir, J&K, India
3 Department of Psychology Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
     

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The present study aims to study mental health of students between Sistan and Baluchestan University (Iran) and Aligarh Muslim University (India). A sample of 800 individuals was selected for this project, 400 students from Sistan and Baluchistan University Iran and 400 students from Aligarh Muslim University' India. One scale namely General Health Questionairre-28 were administered to all subjects. The obtained scores were analyzed by independent sample t-test and ANOVA. The results of independent t-test showed that there are no significant differences between two groups' i.e. Indian students have higher mean scores and showed lower mental health in comparison to their Iranian counterparts. The results of two-way ANOVA on mental health showed that there is not a statistically significant main effect for gender and also, interaction effect of gender and country in mental health is not statistically significant.

Keywords

Mental Health, Cross-Cultural, Students.
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Authors

Matloob Ahmed Khan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Muzamil Ahmed
Department of Psychology, Government Degree Collage, Ganderbal, Kashmir, J&K, India
Md. Jasimuddin Khan
Department of Psychology Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Abstract


The present study aims to study mental health of students between Sistan and Baluchestan University (Iran) and Aligarh Muslim University (India). A sample of 800 individuals was selected for this project, 400 students from Sistan and Baluchistan University Iran and 400 students from Aligarh Muslim University' India. One scale namely General Health Questionairre-28 were administered to all subjects. The obtained scores were analyzed by independent sample t-test and ANOVA. The results of independent t-test showed that there are no significant differences between two groups' i.e. Indian students have higher mean scores and showed lower mental health in comparison to their Iranian counterparts. The results of two-way ANOVA on mental health showed that there is not a statistically significant main effect for gender and also, interaction effect of gender and country in mental health is not statistically significant.

Keywords


Mental Health, Cross-Cultural, Students.