Mental Health of Adolescents Studying in Minority and Public Schools

Pages: 216-221
Bhupendra Singh (Department of Psychology, NREC College, Khurja, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh)

Though learning has no age, adolescent years are the most crucial years when one devotes his maximum time to attain knowledge. The best knowledge is the one that an authority provides, school being the one for adolescents. It helps an individual build his/ her personality and future, but what is required is a balanced approach towards inner and outer environment and having a sense of well-being that culminates into good mental health for better development. Knowledge and mental health time and again proved to have a positive correlation. Hence, deducting that schools also help in mental well- being of an individual, won’t be wrong. The current study focuses on how the mental health of adolescent boys and girls vary in minority and public schools. It was found that the mental health of adolescents studying in public schools was better on all dimensions but one, which is IQ. A significant dimension to have differed gender wise was emotional stability, where public school boys and minority school girls had an upper hand. The results proved significance of school climate on these adolescents. A total no. of 400 adolescents were studied on a mental health battery in line with the objectives of the study.