IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review

Paramjit Kaur Sandhu ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Education & Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

Abstract

The present study examined the depression among adolescents in relation to their socio-economic status. The study was conducted through descriptive method of research. The sample in the study were 400 government school students of 9th class who were selected randomly. The tools used for the present study were Beck Depression Inventory by Beck and Steer (1996) and Socio-economic Status Scale by Meenakshi (2004). The descriptive statistics such as Mean, Median, Mode and three-way ANOVA was used. It was revealed from the present study that the adolescents of low socio-economic status have more depression than the adolescents of high socio-economic status. On the basis of results which depicts that there is significant interactional effect of location and gender on depression, it is suggested that the school administrators should provide proper facilities and congenial environment to lessen the depression among students.

Keywords

Depression and Socio-Economic Status.

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Paramjit Kaur Sandhu ¹, Binny Rajpal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, IN

Abstract

This study examined mental health in relation to parental encouragement among adolescents. The study was conducted on 100 adolescents of Patiala city in Punjab. 50 female and 50 male were taken randomly for this study. Tools used for this study were Mental Health Battery (MHB) by Arun Kumar Singh and Alpana Sen Gupta (2005) and Parental Encouragement Scale (PES) by Kusum Aggarwal (1999). Descriptive method of research was used to conduct the study. T-test and Pearson's product moment correlation was used for attaining the objectives of this study. After analysis of the result, it was found that the study revealed a significant positive relationship between mental health and parental encouragement of adolescents and there is no significant mean difference in mental health and parental encouragement in relation to gender, but male adolescents are mentally healthier than female adolescents and male adolescents receive more parental encouragement than female adolescents.

Keywords

Parental Encouragement, Mental Health, Adolescents.

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