Impact of parental spiritual development on adolescent’s mental health

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Bansh Gopal Singh (Vice Chancellor, Pt. Sundarlal Sharma
(Open) University Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh) Manjary Sharma (Department of Psychology, Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh)

Spiritual development is the growth and improvement of human personality towards a more useful and desired identity. It is expected that spiritually developed parents would have a positive effect on children’s mental health. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of parental spiritual development along with socio-demographic status on adolescent’s mental health. For this purpose, 150 adolescents (age range 13-22 years) and one of their parents (either mother or father; age range 35-65 years) participated in the present study. Spirituality Scale (Sharma & Singh, 2018) and Mental Health Battery (Gupta & Singh, 1983) were used to assess Spiritual Development and Mental Health, respectively. Multiple regression analysis results showed that level of adolescent’s mental health significantly affected by parental spiritual development. Socioeconomic status had no significant impact on adolescent’s mental health.