International Journal of Education and Psychological Research

(Print and Online Peer Reviewed Journal)


Print - ISSN: 2349 - 0853
e - ISSN: 2279 - 0179

VOLUME 6 - ISSUE 1

(March 2017)

Mental Health in relation to Peer Pressure among Professional students of Kolkata, West Bengal


Authors: Dr. Himani Bhattacharya

Pages: 62-65

Abstract:

The most important topic of positive psychology is mental health. Bhatia(1982) considers mental health as the ability to balance feelings, desires, ambitions and ideals in daily living. It is seen that not only peer pressure can influence the sense of belonging, confidence and self-esteem of an individual but also can influence physical, emotional and mental distress. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between mental health and peer pressure among professional students. 100 professional students were randomly selected from different Medical college of Kolkata, Burdwan of West Bengal. Mental health was measured by mental health inventory and peer pressure inventory by Clasen and Brown (1985) was used in this study. Correlation, Independent t-test and Regression analysis were used for analysing the data. The result shows that there is a significant correlation between mental health and peer pressure of professional students. Hence early detection of mental health problems and peer pressures would promote better understanding about students mental health and peer pressures. Finally it is also suggested that further research would highlighted other factors of mental health.