Author: Samten Tamang
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/PP/030100007
Abstract: Mental Health delineates either emotional or cognitive well-being of an individual. When it is absent it becomes a mental disorder. From the disciplinary viewpoint of positive psychology, mental health is all about the ability of an individual to enjoy life to the fullest and maintain a balance between the life efforts and life activities. Mental ill health causes the feeling of shame, guilt, rejection, isolation and tension etc. and makes the man perceive the world and life as dangerous. Common mental health problems arise from life events as well as the pressure of study-and this is true for students as it is for anyone else. The objectives of the study are to find out significant difference if any in the mental health of students in relation to personal variables like-gender, locale, Socio-Economic Status and type of family. The descriptive method of survey was adopted. The sample of this study consisted of higher secondary students of Murshidabad district. Mental Health Inventory of Talesara and Bano (2011) was used for data collection. The findings of the study were that there was significant difference in mental health of students in relation to gender, locale, Socio-Economic Status and type of family variations.
Keywords: Mental Health, Socio-Economic Status, Personal Variables.
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