Parental Education and Mental Health of Young Adults

Parental education shapes young adults’ decisions during their transition to adulthood, and the outcomes of these decisions lay the foundation for their subsequent life course and their mental health. Therefore, the proposed study aimed to assess the mental health status of young adults. A Total number of 240 students were selected as sample of research through simple random sampling method from colleges of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. To achieve research objective, a tool namely MHB-Mental Health Battery (Physiological Health, Daily Routine Activity, Emotional Status, Emotional Management and Intelligence) was developed and thereafter reliability and validity of the tool was calculated before its application. Suitable statistical methods i.e. frequency, percentage, p value and correlation were applied on collected data to derive the research results. After analysis and comparing the data, the finding of research reflected that poor mental health was quite evident among majority of young adults. Young adults belonging to less educated parents demonstrated poor mental health as compared young adults belonging to highly educated parents. A significant association was found between mental health of young adults and parental education.