Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

S. Viswanatha Reddy ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SVU College of Sciences, Tirupati, IN

Abstract

A study was carried out on 180 college going students (under graduates, graduates and post graduates) to find out the effect of gender, level of education and type of management on mental health status. Mental health status of the subjects was assessed using Mental Health Battery developed and standardized by Arun Kumar Singh and Alpana Sen Gupta. Results revealed that irrespective of level of education, women are better mental healthier than men, type of management does not show any significant impact on their mental health status and under graduates, graduates and post-graduate students differ significantly with each other. Post graduate students possess better mental healthier than graduates and under graduates.

Keywords

Mental Health Status, Gender, Education Level.

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K. Viswanath ¹, K. Janardhan Reddy ¹, S. Viswanatha Reddy ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SVU College of Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The aim of the present research is to examine the effect of mental health on creativity among high school going students. For the present study 600 high school boys and girls were selected. To assess the mental health and creativity of the students; Mental Health Analysis Questionnaire by Reddy and Nagarathnamma and Creativity Scale by Venkatarami Reddy was admitted to students. To test the hypotheses the data was interpreted using 't' test. Results revealed that there is significant impact of mental health on creativity. High creative group boys and girls possessed better mental health than low creative boys and girls.

Keywords

Mental Health, Creativity And Gender.

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