IGNOU MPCE-16 Project – Impact of Family Climate and Parental Encouragement on the Mental Health Among Adolescents

Adolescence is the most critical, competitive and confused period of human life in which they psychologically follow a set of physical, social, emotional and cognitive changes as well as change relating to personality. In the adolescence phase the adolescents have to face many problems. One of such problem which have been talked about these days is alienation particularly in academics. Social commenter's are being worried with growing frequency of alienation and referred this one of the greatest problems confronting us today (Mohan et.al. 1999).

Objectives

• To find whether there is a significant difference in family climate among male and female adolescents.
• To find whether there is a significant difference in parental encouragement among male and female adolescents.
• To find whether there is a significant difference in mental health among male and female adolescents.
• To find the relationship between mental health and family climate among adolescent.
• To find the relationship between mental health and parental encouragement among adolescent

Topic Covered

• Introduction
• Reviews of Related Literature
• Rationale of the Study
• Research Methodology
• Data Analysis and Interpretations
• Conclusion
• Educational Implications and Suggestions
• Bibliography
• Annexure