Abstract :
Purpose: To study the influence of life stressors on the mental health of adolescents.
Methods: The total of 205 adolescents from South Goa, in the age range of 10 to 19 years, confirming to
World Health Organization (1997) standards as to the period of adolescence were the respondents to the
questionnaires. In the attempt to study the extent of stress experienced by adolescents, the following
psychological tests were used: Life Stressors and Social Resources Inventory (LISRES-Youth) by Rudolf H.
Moos and Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38) by Veit and Ware, Jr.
Results: Significant negative correlations were found between mental health and physical health, home
and money, stressors due to parents, extended family, school, friends, boy/girlfriends and negative life
events.
Conclusions: All the sub-scales of the LISRES-Y are negatively correlated with the total MHI, indicating that
in terms of the present sample, greater the psychological well-being, the less stress they experienced.
Keyword :
Adolescents, Life stressors, Mental health, Negative life events