Page No.213-221
Vinita Tiwari and Saroj Verma
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P
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The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship of perceived parental
psychological and instrumental support along with various mental health problems
of adolescents. The present study was carried out on 400 adolescents (200 boys
and 200 girls) with age range of 15 to 19 years. Results revealed that girls perceived
more instrumental parental support (both paternal and maternal) than boys. On
psychological support (paternal and maternal), boys and girls emerged to be more
or less equal. Most of the associations of parental support, along with various
mental health problems, were found negatively significant. Perceived paternal
psychological support emerged as a significant predictor for most of the mental
health problems. The present study provides the conclusion that parental support is
related to better mental health status of adolescents.
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