A Comparative Study of Mental Health among Rural and Urban Adolescent Students

Abstract

Today, there are various problems around human societies. So, it is a challenge for humans to be mentally healthy. For a person to be adjusted in his environment, it is very important to be mentally healthy. Good mental health is obvious for a healthy people. Mental disorder is very dangerous and responsible for many psychological diseases and for maladjustment also. The main objective of the topic is to compare mental health between rural and urban adolescent students of Chhattisgargh. A sample size of 200 secondary adolescent students was selected and taken up for the study. General Health Questionnaires-28 (GHQ-28), developed by Goldberg and Hillier in 1979 used for the study. It is found that there are significant differences among rural and urban students.