A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of GNM students towards human rights of mentally ill person at NINS, Sangrur

Ms. Rintu Chaturvedi

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of GNM students towards human rights of mentally ill person at NINS, Sangrur

Ms. Rintu Chaturvedi

Abstract :

A study was conducted to assess the knowledge of GNM students towards human rights of mentally ill person. The research design used in this study was descriptive design. Total 60 GNM students were selected by simple random sampling. The tool used for study was self–structured questionnaire on human rights of mentally illperson and socio–demographic variables conducted by structured interview schedule. Major findings of the study revealed that 34(56.6%) ofthe students had highly adequate knowledge, 26 (43.3%) had adequate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge.There was no significant association found between the demographic variables and the level of knowledge except with the income.