A Study of Academic Achievement in Relation to Mental Health among Pahari Students in Secondary Schools of Poonch District

Abstract

The major trust of this study was to examine the academic achievement of pahari students in
relation to their mental health. The present study was carried-out on sample of 200 pahari
students selected from 6 secondary schools of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir through
stratified random sampling technique. Mental health scale developed by Dr. Mercy Abraham and Dr. K.C. Baby Prasanna was used to collect required information, while the total marks obtained by the students in the previous class were used as an achievement criterion. Two statistical techniques like Pearson’s product moment method and ‘t’ test were used to analyze the data. The study shows that there is a positive correlation between academic achievement and mental health of students. The result of the study further revealed significant differences between boys and girls as well as rural and urban students in regard to their mental health. On the basis of these findings some suggestions both for practice and further studies have been put forward by the author.