• Rajesh Kumar
• Dr. Rohtash Singh

Mental, physical and social health are vital and interlace stands of life for all individuals. As our understanding grows, it becomes more apparent that mental health is crucial to the overall wellbeing of individuals as well as for societies. The state mental health enabling individuals to realize their abilities to cope with the normal stresses of life and to work productively and fruitfully. Mental health has been hidden behind a curtain of stigma and discrimination for a long period. In most parts of the world, mental health is not accorded anywhere near the same degree of importance as physical health rather it has been largely ignored or neglected. The healthy functioning and interaction among family members enhance the mental health of the individual. Research shows that the nature of the family environment (level of cohesion, degree of conflict, and organization etc.) is strongly associated with adolescent mental health (Siddique and D'Arcy, 1984). The personality trait also like neuroticism found to be associated negatively with mental health and well-being, whereas the other dimensions like extroversion found to be associated positively with the same. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship of personality and family environment with mental health. The sample comprised of 200 adolescents (100 boys and 100 girls), randomly selected from various district of north Haryana. They were assessed on NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; Costa & McCrae, 1992), Family Environment Scale-Hindi (Singh & Gupta), and General Health Questionnaire-30 (Goldberg & Williams, 1988) to measure the personality, family environment, and mental health, respectively. Results reveal that personality and family environment correlate significantly with mental health. Multiple regression analyses found that some of the dimensions of family environment and personality contribute substantially in mental health. The linear combination of cohesiveness, Conscientiousness, conflict, and neuroticism share the variance approximately (R2=.30).

Keyword: MENTAL HEALTH, FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, PERSONALITY, ADOLESCENTS

"MENTAL HEALTH IN RELATION TO FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND PERSONALITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.339-349, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002458.pdf

"MENTAL HEALTH IN RELATION TO FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND PERSONALITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp339-349, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002458.pdf