Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Analyzing Mental Health of College Going Youth in Relation to Their Lifestyle Patterns

Dr. Yuvraj Singh, Mr. Dinesh Kumar

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Objectives: –The objective of the study was to analyze mental health of college going youth in relation to their lifestyle patterns Methods: – A survey method was applied to collect data from 100 youth i: e (50 male and 50 female), aged 18–25 years studying in different professional courses in Lovely Professional University. Mental Health Inventory by Dr. Jagdish and A.K Srivastava was used to asses mental health of the subjects whereas Lifestyle scale by S.K Bawa and Sumanpreet Kaur was utilized to ascertain lifestyle patterns. To find out any association between lifestyle and mental health parameters Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient was used. Results: – Lifestyle was positively related to mental health in case males but in terms of female it was negative but significant. Conclusion: – After analyzing data critically it was concluded that if an individual have good lifestyle it will lead to better mental health.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr. Yuvraj Singh, Mr. Dinesh Kumar Analyzing Mental Health of College Going Youth in Relation to Their Lifestyle Patterns Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.9 September 2014

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