Identifying Resilient/Risk Psycho-social Factors Influencing Mental Health of Youth
| dc.category | Journal Article | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arockia Maraichelvi, K | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-23T19:09:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-23T19:09:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.department | Human Development | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective - Five psychosocial factors represented as five variables namely focus of control, level of anxiety, optimistic temperament, ambitious nature, and happiness had been identified in order to investigate their relationship within itself and with the mental health status of youth. Methods - A sample of 150 girls doing their postgraduation was drawn through randomized sampling. A questiormaire is used to measure the identified leveEtype of psychosocial factors. Standardized Mental Health Check list by Pramod (1992) was used to assess their mental health status. Relationship between the psychosocial factors and the mental health status was ascertained through Pearson product moment correlation coefficient statistics. Conclusion - The risk factors debilitating the mental health of youth are identified as strong internal focus of control and extreme happiness. The protective factors, on the other hand were low level of anxiety, optimistic temperament and highly ambitious nature. Key Words - Mental Health, Psycho-social factors, Risk/resilient | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.avinuty.ac.in/handle/avu/1763 | |
| dc.lang | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher.name | International Journal of Health Science And Research | en_US |
| dc.publisher.type | International | en_US |
| dc.title | Identifying Resilient/Risk Psycho-social Factors Influencing Mental Health of Youth | en_US |
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