Impact of intelligence on mental health of adolescents among selected government and aided schools

Author: 
Mr. Ram Kumar and Dr. Chellarani Vijayakumar

WHO (2001) identifies adolescence as the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, from ages 10 to 19 years. (WHO 2014) The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of intelligence on mental health of adolescent students. Survey method of research approach was used for the present study. The population selected for the present study comprised of adolescents studying in Government/Aided Hindi medium intermediate schools and a total of six schools were selected. Sampling technique selected for the present study was Non- Probability convenient sampling and total sample size was 300 adolescents. The tool used for data collection was Mental Health Battery (MHB) by Singh and Gupta (1978) and General Mental Ability Test by Jalota (1982). The major findings of the study revealed that approximately 41.33% adolescents had good mental health; 35.66% had average mental health, and 8.0% adolescents had poor mental health. The findings also revealed that Mental health was positively and significantly related to intelligence which means that higher the intelligence, better the mental health of adolescents.

Paper No: 
2114