MENTAL HEALTH OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH RESPECT TO GENDER AND SELF-CONCEPT

The present study was carried out to study mental health of senior secondary school students with respect to gender and self-concept. In the present study, survey technique under descriptive research was used. Multistage sampling along with stratified random sampling and incidental sampling were used to select the sample of 737 senior secondary school students (314 males and 423 females) of +2 class. Standardised tool ‘Mental Health Battery’ by Arun Kumar Singh and Alpana Sen Gupta and self-made tool ‘Self-Concept Scale’ were used to collect the necessary data. Collected data was analysed by applying descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance. The findings of the study indicated that male and female senior secondary school students possessed similar level of mental health. Senior secondary school students having different level of self-concept differed significantly with respect to their mental health. Gender and self-concept do not interact significantly with respect to mental health of senior secondary school students.