Common Psychological Problems and Mental Health Crisis on College Campuses in Chennai

Abstract

Mental health is just as important as physical health. Majority of the college students meet the at least one mental health problem or other. The present paper aims at studying the common psychological problems faced by college students and the mental health crisis in higher educational institutions. In order to solve the problem descriptive method was used and survey was employed as the technique of data collection. The population for the present study was the students of Arts and Science colleges and professional colleges in Chennai city limit. A sample of 1047 students was drawn employing stratified random technique. The Psychological Problem Scale and the Mental Health Status Scale were used as research measures to collect the data. The collected data was analyzed using mean, SD, ‘t’ test, F ratio and Scheffe test (Post ANOVA test) Karl Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Regression analysis. The findings revealed that the female students experience more Anxiety and Adjustment problems than the male students and the students of Arts and Science face more psychological problems than students of Profession courses. The students from rural areas face intensive problems than the students from urban areas. There is no significant difference in Mental Health and its sub constructs with regard to gender and course of study. It is concluded that the Students’ Mental Health is determined to an extent of 3.4 percent by Anxiety, Adjustment Problems and Stress. The other 96.6 percent influence may be from other variables which are not under study, but needs to investigate in future

Keywords: Psychological Problems, Mental Health, College Students

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