GENDER, EDUCATION STREAM AND MENTAL HEALTH

Authors

  • Dr. Bhagat Singh Associate Prof. Dept. of Psychology, Meerut College, Meerut

Keywords:

Gender, Education Stream, Mental Health

Abstract

The present research was designed to study the independent and interactional effect of gender and education stream on mental health of college students (age group 15 to 20 years). To test the hypotheses, a sample of 390 students (195 male and 195 female) from Art (130 students), Science (130 students) and Commerce (130 students) stream were selected for the study. The Mental Health Battery (MHB) developed by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Dr. Alpana Sen Gupta was used to collect the data. 2×3 factorial design was used to test the hypotheses. Results showed that there was no significant difference (F=2.23) between mental health of male and female students. There was a significant difference (F=3.99, p‹0.05) among mental health of art, science and commerce stream students. Gender and Education Stream jointly influence the mental health of college students. F-value (13.29) was found significant at 0.01 level of significance. Interaction effect of gender and education stream plays a significant role in mental health of college students. Male students of art stream have significantly better mental health than the male students of science and commerce stream. While female students of science stream have significantly better mental health than the female students of art and commerce stream. There is a significant gender difference in art stream students while there is no gender difference in science and commerce stream students. Findings of the study throw light upon the holistic approach of mental health of college going students. 

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2016-02-29

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Vol. 5 No. 3 (2016): FEBRUARY 2016

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