Resilience, coping, temperament and emotional intelligence as predictors of mental health among female adolescents

Pages: 943-947
Narender (Resource Teacher, IEDSS Centre, GSSS, Jind, Haryana)

In modern era, Mental health of adolescents is a major concern area for psychologists. In order to find out resilience, coping, temperament and emotional intelligence contribute and predict mental health among female adolescents, the present study was planned. Mental Health Battery (MHB), Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Intelligence (MMEI), Resilience Scale (RS), Coping Checklist (CCL) and The Formal Characteristics of Behavior-Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI) were employed on 200 female adolescents within the age range of 15 to 19 years. The data was subjected to Multiple Regression analysis. Results revealed that emotional intelligence (motivating oneself, managing emotions, handling relationships), coping (denial/blame, social support) and temperament (endurance, sensory sensitivity) 48 % variance (R2=.48) of mental health among female adolescents.