Adolescent Mental Health is Endangered Due to Changing Family Patterns Among Different Social Groups in India

Authors: [1] Dr. Vikas S. Kamble [2] Prof. L. A. Kumaje

Pages: 74-76

Abstract:

ndia has an approximately threepercent adolescent population compare to thewhole population. They are not in large numbers but also they are a future of India. But day by day their mental health problems are arising due to changing child-rearing practices and family patterns. There is a growing consensus in scholars that Indian adolescent group becomes passive and unhealthy. Keeping this fact in mind researcher has designed a study to investigate the effects of avoidance family relationships on themental health of high school students among different social groups. For this study 540 high school students have been selected and deeply interviewed with family relationship inventory. The obtained data analyzed through Two-way ANOVA and Scheffe’s posthocmultiple comparison statistical technique. The result reveals that family avoidance relations strongly affect the mental health problems of adolescents. Some interventions are suggested in this paper which is seen quite beneficial.