| Title: |
PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN WORKING AND NON - WORKING ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY. |
| Authors: |
NIAZ, AYESHA1, ZAHRA, MEHREEN1 mehreensyeda@gmail.com, NAEEM, FATIMA1 |
| Source: |
Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. Apr-Jun2020, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p9-13. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*TEENAGE boys, *TEENAGERS, *TEENAGE girls, *MENTAL health, *JUDGMENT sampling |
| Geographic Terms: |
LAHORE (Pakistan) |
| Abstract: |
OBJECTIVE To find out the prevalence of Mental Health Problems in working and non-working Adolescents. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional research. PLACE AND DURATION OF THE STUDY The study was conducted between January to August 2018. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 200 adolescent boys and girls (100 working and 100 nonworking Adolescent), with the age ranges from 11 to 18 years (M, 14.52, SD 1.73) were inducted. Non-working Adolescents were selected from 3 different schools of the Lahore enrolled in 8 to 10 grade. The sample of Working adolescent (boys=50, girls=50) was taken from different canteens and restaurants of Lahore, through purposive sampling strategy. After selection participants were given a 42 items Depression, Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS), intended to assess three construct namely, depression, stress and anxiety, along with demographic Performa. RESULTS The results showed that among the non-working adolescents 28 % had depression, 30 % had anxiety and 30 % had stress, whereas in working adolescents 34 % had depression, 38% had anxiety and 46 % had stress. The result showed that working adolescents experienced more stress as compared with non-working adolescents. CONCLUSION The study showed presence of depression, anxiety and stress in working and Non-working Adolescents while stress was seen more prevalent in working adolescents. Therefore, it is deem necessary for all stakeholders to devise strategies to reduce mental health problems, before it aggravates and turns into serious psychopathology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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