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Title EFFECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Author(s) Rehana Rahim

Abstract The current study was carried out to investigate, the “Effects of Mental Health on Educational Outcomes of Students at Secondary School Level”. The major objective of the study is to assess the students’ mental health (depression, anxiety and stress) at the secondary school level. The second objective was to identify the educational outcomes of students at the secondary school level and third objective was to identify the gender-based difference in students’ mental health at secondary school level and the last objective was to analyze the effect of mental health (depression, anxiety and stress) on educational outcomes of students at secondary school level. The Cognitive Behavioral theory of Beck was adopted by the researcher to measure emotional difficulties. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS) scale was developed by Lovibond (1995). The present study was quantitative and descriptive in nature. The population of the current study was 4000 secondary school students of Tehsil Dera Ghazi Khan and the sample size was 414 secondary school students. Simple random sampling technique was used for data collection. The data were analyzed by mean to measure educational outcomes, t-test, percentage and linear regression for its objectives. The findings of the study revealed that there were significant effects of stress on 10th-class secondary school students and female students had more stress level than male students. It was recommended that school administrations may appoint mental health experts and psychologists to help students to deal with their mental health problems and give them awareness about mental health issues.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2023-05-02

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