• MOHD IQBAL WAR
• Dr. G. Ramanathan
• Waseem Qayoom Kachroo

The current research is an attempt made to assess the relationship between hope and mental health among college students of Kashmir. The sample comprised of 480 college students. The purposive sampling was used and the students between the age group of 18 years to 24 years were selected for the current study. The tools employed for data collection were (Adult Hope scale 1991) and (Mental health inventory 1996) and personal information schedule designed by researcher to relevant demographic information was also used. For statistical analysis Mean, Standard deviation, t-test and Pearson’s product moment correlation were employed using SPSS 21.0.The result depicts that significant difference was found between male and female mean scores of college students on hope however no significance difference was found with respect to age on hope. Simultaneously no significance was found on gender in mental health and also there was also no significance difference found on the basis of age in mental health. Furthermore results also revealed that there is a significant positive correlation between hope and mental health found among Kashmiri college students.

Hope, mental health, college students and Kashmir

"HOPE AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG KASHMIRI COLLEGE STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.b606-b610, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112169.pdf

"HOPE AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG KASHMIRI COLLEGE STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppb606-b610, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112169.pdf