Bio-Psycho-Social Correlates of Psychological Disorders and Coping Styles among Indian Children and Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20489105

Pratibha Swami and Dalbir Singh Saini (Department of Psychology, School of Social Science and Humanities, Om Sterling Global University, Hisar, Haryana)

Adolescence is a vulnerable phase of life in which emotional and physical developmental changes impact the thinking and perception of the individual. This study aims to analyze the frequency pattern among psychological disorders, coping styles, and bio-psycho-social contributing factors among clinically referred Indian children and adolescents. The study was conducted on 515 individuals aged 8-18 years through a cross-sectional descriptive design. Detailed clinical interview and MSE were done and a psychological assessment was conducted using DSM-5 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measures (APA, 2022) and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations-21 (Endler & Parker, 1990). Results shows that frequency of depressive disorders and anxiety disorders were the most prevalent conditions followed by somatoform and OCD in young adolescents, maladaptive coping were used by children’s with mental health disorders, only 8 percent sample population exhibit adaptive coping, Social and environmental stressors were dominant triggers of psychological issues in children followed by psychological and biological factors, it is also seen that some of the individual showed mixed trigger of their mental health. The findings highlight the importance of early psychological screening, school mental health programs, family interventions, and integrated bio-psycho-social approaches for improving child and adolescent mental health outcomes in India.