Mental Health of Adolescents in Relation to Types of School and School Environment

Authors: Dr. Surender Kumar Sharma

Pages: 1-3

Abstract:

This study attempts to find out the relation in mental health and school environment of adolescent students. Mental health of human being affects at every stage of life. But at adolescent stage mental health affects a lot as adolescence period is the period of changes. A sample of 200 adolescent students of class ninth was taken from Hoshiarpur District of Punjab. Mean, S.D and t-ratio is used for analyzing the data. The findings of the study revealed that school environment positively and significantly influence mental health. Significant difference has been found in mental health of adolescent boys and girls. Environment of coeducational and separate schools found to be differs significantly.