Mental Health and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in Terms of Sex-role Orientation
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- 1. University Professor, Dept. of Psychology, College of Commerce, Arts and Science, Patna, (Patliputra University, Patna)
Description
The present study was conducted on 150 male adolescents of
Patna to examine their mental health status as well as life
satisfaction in context of sex-role orientation. It was hypothesized
that the androgynous and sex-typed respondents would differ
significantly from one another in terms of (i) mental health status and
(ii) life satisfaction. For the purpose, Bem's Sex role Orientation
Inventory, Kumar and Thakur's Mental Health Status Inventory and
Alam's & Srivastava's LS Scale were used to measure Sex role
orientation, mental health status and life-satisfaction of respondents.
Besides, a PDS was used to get other necessary information about
the respondents. The data obtained based on manuals were analysed
using chi-square. The results confirmed the hypotheses. The
androgynous respondents excelled over their sex-typed respondents
in terms of possessing sound mental health and high life satisfaction.
It was concluded that androgynity is conducive to sound mental
health and high life satisfaction.
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2019-04-30
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