DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i06.005

Pages: 1213-1217

The purpose of the study is to find out the mental health and academic performance among higher secondary school students with respect to Gender, Locality, Year of Study and Type of Management. Survey method was adopted to collect the relevant data for the present study. Mental Health Analysis Questionnaire developed and standardized by J. Prasanth Kumar (2011) and it was used to collect data for the present study. The Investigator randomly Selected 315 Higher Secondary students studying in Government, Government Aided and Private schools in Chennai and Tiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. For analyzing the data mean, standard deviation, ‘t’-test, F-test and Correlation test are used. The major findings of the study are: It was found that there is no significant difference between the male and female higher secondary students with respect to their Mental Health. The study reveals that there is no significant difference between the rural and urban higher secondary students with respect to their Mental Health. It was found that there is a significant difference between the 1st and 2nd year higher secondary students with respect to their Mental Health. The finding of the study reveals that there is a significant difference in Mental Health with respect to type of management of higher secondary students. It was found that there is no significant difference between the male and female higher secondary students with respect to their Academic Performance.