Mental health, protective factors and violence among male adolescents: A comparison between urban and rural school students in West Bengal.

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dc.contributor.authorSamanta, Amrita
dc.contributor.authorMukherjee, Shuvankar
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Santanu
dc.contributor.authorDasgupta, Aparajita
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-30T07:55:33Z
dc.date.available2013-01-30T07:55:33Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional study was conducted among 199 (104 urban, 95 rural) male students of classes VIII and IX, of two schools, in urban and rural areas of West Bengal to compare the prevalence of protective factors, mental health issues, and violence among the urban and rural adolescents using a self-administered questionnaire. Higher proportion of urban students than rural (67.3% vs. 62.5%) reported that their guardians understood their problems. Mental health issues like loneliness (17.3% vs. 9.8%), worry (17.3% vs. 10.7%), and suicidal thoughts (19.2% vs. 14.1%) were higher among urban students. Physical fight (53.8% vs. 11.6%), bullying (46.4% vs. 17%), physical attack by family members (46% vs. 17%), and by teachers (53% vs. 10.7%) were all more in urban adolescents. Mental health- and violence-related issues were prevalent more among urban students than those among rural students in spite of having more protective factors suggesting the need of frequent supervision, monitoring, and support of adolescents.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSamanta Amrita, Mukherjee Shuvankar, Ghosh Santanu, Dasgupta Aparajita. Mental health, protective factors and violence among male adolescents: A comparison between urban and rural school students in West Bengal. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2012 Apr-June; 56(2): 155-158.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/144812
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2012;volume=56;issue=2;spage=155;epage=158;aulast=Samantaen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent problemsen_US
dc.subjectBullyingen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectProtective factorsen_US
dc.subjectSuicidal thoughtsen_US
dc.titleMental health, protective factors and violence among male adolescents: A comparison between urban and rural school students in West Bengal.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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