Depression and Mental Distress among Daily wagesAdolescent Labours in Ranchi District of Jharkhand

Pages: 572-575
Kanchan Singh (Department of Psychology, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand)

Jharkhand is the state which known as the low cost, hard working labour hub. Ranchi is the state capital of Jharkhand. There are a huge population works as daily wage workers. Their children have very less availability of nutrition and proper education. The study is mainly focus on to measure the depression and mental distress among these children. Stratified random sampling technique was used as sampling technique. Stratification was based on two sub-groups of religion (Hindu and Christian) and Gender (Boys and Girls)The sample of 200 adolescent were drown from Jagannath nagar slum ofRanchi district. There are two Psychological tools Beck Depression Inventory (BDI II) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) were used to measure the level of depression and the level of mental health. Scores were analysed by t-test and tables are showing mean, t-ratio and level of significance. Result indicate that the male group have more mental distress and depression than female sample group whereas Christian adolescent have shown higher level of mental distress but slightly low level of depression as compare to their counterparts.