Psychological Distress among School-Going Adolescents | The International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy

OPEN ACCESS

PEER-REVIEWED

Case Study

| Published: February 14, 2018

Psychological Distress among School-Going Adolescents

PhD Research Scholar, Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Director, Moreau Institute of Integral Training and Research Society, Brookdene, Shillong, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.038/20180601

DOI: 10.25215/0601.038

ABSTRACT

This study examined the psychological distress among school-going adolescents, in particular, the gender difference in psychological distress and the relationship between age and psychological distress by using the General Health Questionnaire-12 among a sample of 60 school-going adolescents. This study revealed that major psychological distress among school-going adolescence were lack of concentration, sleeplessness, experience of stress and strain, lack of confidence and feeling of unworthiness, depression, and inability to take decisions. The study showed no significant difference in psychological distress among genders, but it was found that females were more psychologically distressed than males and there was a negative correlation with age which indicated that as a person grew in age, psychological distress declined.

Keywords

Psychological distress, Adolescents.

This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

2018 © Joseph R K & Abraham M C

How to cite this article:

Joseph R K & Abraham M C (2018). Psychological Distress among School-Going Adolescents. International Journal of Indian Psychology, Vol. 6, (1), DIP: 18.01.038/20180601, DOI: 10.25215/0601.038