PATIALA: In the families, where the environment is not conducive enough due to impaired family relationships for any reason, the adolescents of those families are at risk of becoming a victim of possible violent behavior, finds the study conducted by Punjabi University‘s Psychology Department.
The research has been conducted by Psychology department under Department of Distance Education by researcher Manmeet Kaur under the supervision of Prof. Naina Sharma at Punjabi University Patiala. The study was carried out on the adolescents who were students in government and private schools in Patiala district.
Researcher Manmeet Kaur said that a total of 946 students of 15 to 18 years of age were selected from different areas of Patiala under this research project. “Around 444 boys and 502 girls of eleventh and twelfth standards were included in this study. The results revealed that around 500 students are victims of health risk taking behaviour”.
Prof. Naina Sharma, said, “The family break-up, conflict situations, stress etc. emerged as biggest reasons for this situation that directly affect the adolescents in a negative manner. In such a state of mind, they engage in various types of violent behaviors, such as speeding, using drugs, being irritable or fighting with peers, not eating breakfast, not taking care of health, not wearing a helmet etc. After the family situation, the second major reason in this regard is the behavior of their contemporaries. These adolescent students are also influenced by the behavior of their peers. A good aspect that emerged is that when these 500 adolescents were imparted ‘Life Skill Education’ during the next phase, they got to see a lot of improvement in their behavior”.
“Through ‘Life Skill Education’, all of them were involved in various constructive activities, so many positive changes were seen in their behavior. On the basis of such results, this research recommends that it is imperative to provide ‘Life Skills Education’ in schools so that students facing such problems related to mental health can benefit from it and become mentally healthy in the future and be able to participate in the society as a healthy person”.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Arvind, said “In today’s era when the issue of mental health is gaining importance in the society and experts from all over the world are working in this direction on the basis of priority, then such research is of great importance. Punjabi University deserves to be congratulated for the fact that this kind of standard work is being done here, which can be implemented on a practical level to achieve beneficial results for the society”.
The research has been conducted by Psychology department under Department of Distance Education by researcher Manmeet Kaur under the supervision of Prof. Naina Sharma at Punjabi University Patiala. The study was carried out on the adolescents who were students in government and private schools in Patiala district.
Researcher Manmeet Kaur said that a total of 946 students of 15 to 18 years of age were selected from different areas of Patiala under this research project. “Around 444 boys and 502 girls of eleventh and twelfth standards were included in this study. The results revealed that around 500 students are victims of health risk taking behaviour”.
Prof. Naina Sharma, said, “The family break-up, conflict situations, stress etc. emerged as biggest reasons for this situation that directly affect the adolescents in a negative manner. In such a state of mind, they engage in various types of violent behaviors, such as speeding, using drugs, being irritable or fighting with peers, not eating breakfast, not taking care of health, not wearing a helmet etc. After the family situation, the second major reason in this regard is the behavior of their contemporaries. These adolescent students are also influenced by the behavior of their peers. A good aspect that emerged is that when these 500 adolescents were imparted ‘Life Skill Education’ during the next phase, they got to see a lot of improvement in their behavior”.
“Through ‘Life Skill Education’, all of them were involved in various constructive activities, so many positive changes were seen in their behavior. On the basis of such results, this research recommends that it is imperative to provide ‘Life Skills Education’ in schools so that students facing such problems related to mental health can benefit from it and become mentally healthy in the future and be able to participate in the society as a healthy person”.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Arvind, said “In today’s era when the issue of mental health is gaining importance in the society and experts from all over the world are working in this direction on the basis of priority, then such research is of great importance. Punjabi University deserves to be congratulated for the fact that this kind of standard work is being done here, which can be implemented on a practical level to achieve beneficial results for the society”.
