Abstract
It is estimated that around 20 per cent of the world’s adolescents have a mental health or behavioral problem. The prevalence of mental disorders among adolescents has increased in the past 20–30 years; the increase is attributed to disrupted family structures, and families’ unrealistic educational and vocational aspirations for their children. Assertive communication is the skill to speak and communicate in a manner that respects and look upon the rights and opinions of others while also standing up for your own rights, needs and personal boundaries. The purpose of the researchers was to find the relationship between mental health and level of assertiveness among adolescents. 80 college going students were randomly selected as the sample for research from Amity University Lucknow. Rathus assertiveness scale and Mental Health Inventory by Srivastava A. were used for assessing assertiveness and mental health among adolescents. Analysis was done using t-test to find gender differences among adolescents and Pearson r was used for assessing relation between both the variables. The result showed no significant gender difference among adolescents on assertiveness and mental health, but both the genders were found to be low assertive. Insignificant correlation was found on both the variables among adolescents.
Highlights
It is estimated that around 20 per cent of the world’s adolescents have a mental health or behavioral problem
Three ideas central to the improvement of health follow from this definition: mental health is an integral part of health, mental health is more than the absence of illness, and mental health is intimately connected with physical health and behavior
Shamasundar (2008) in an in-depth study of Epics and Hindu scriptures contends that “State of Mental Health should not be dependent on the presence or absence of illnesses or difficulties, and should transcend both
Summary
It is estimated that around 20 per cent of the world’s adolescents have a mental health or behavioral problem. The purpose of the researchers was to find the relationship between mental health and level of assertiveness among adolescents. The result showed no significant gender difference among adolescents on assertiveness and mental health, but both the genders were found to be low assertive. WHO (2001) has recently proposed that mental health is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. It affects our ability to cope with and manage change, life events and transitions all human beings have mental health needs, no matter what the state of their psyche.
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