Authors : Purnima Ingle
Page Nos : 86-88
Description :
Adolescent almost reach their full height, mental capacities and progress towards achieving emotional maturity. Adolescents face many conflicting moral and cultural pressures. They are supposed to be wholeheartedly generous, yet they see savage competition all about them. They should be ambitious but also modest. They should stand up for their rights but also turn the other cheek. It would be easier in many ways if all the adults who deal with young people are democratic.
Indian scenario is not different from it about 20% adolescent seek advice on behavioural problem from child and adolescent guidance clinic.
Family relationship during adolescent plays an important role in adolescent development, when the relationship of young adolescents with members of their family deteriorates as adolescence progress, the fault usually lies on both sides. Parents far too often refuse the modify their concepts of their children ability. Inspite of it they expect them to act as per their age. Parents like wise find it difficult to accept their adolescent children objections, and they may be impatient with their failure to assume responsibilities they feel are appropriate for their age.
Equally important, many adolescent feel that their parents do not understand them and their standards of behaviour are old fashioned. This is due to more cultural gap. The most common and most serious sources of friction between adolescents and members of their families.
In view of it the present study is an attempt to study the impact of family atmosphere and parent children relationship on their mental health has been taken up with objectives. To study the mental health status of adolescent in middle and higher middle socio economic status families residing in rural and urban areas. To study the effect of fathers service on adolescents mental health. To study the effect of parents service on adolescents mental health. To study the effect of parents adolescent relation on mental health of adolescents.
The study was based on 160 adolescent (80 male and 80 female) selected from rural and urban families in Akola district. The primary data was collected with the helps of specially design questionnaire by personal interview.
The collected data was subjected to following analysis; frequency distribution percentage, z test and correlation analysis. The study concluded that Mental health status is not based on socio economic status of the family. Family type has significant impact on mental health status. Mental health status of adolescents in joint family is higher than in nuclear families. Mental Health of adolescent was higher for the families, only father working. Parent – adolescent (children) relation score was significantly higher in the families only father working. Significant negative correlation was observed between adolescents mental health and parents working (service).
Keywords : Adolescent, Parents service, generation gap
