A STUDY ON PERSONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS OF UTTAR DINAJPUR DISTRICT
The present study was undertaken to (i) explore the relation between personality and mental health of higher secondary students and (ii) investigate the gender differences in the personality and mental scores of the higher secondary students. 252 students were randomly selected from four higher secondary schools in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. The Five factor Personality Trait Scale (FPTS) developed by Sarkar Halder (2014) and Mental Health Inventory developed by Jagadish and Srivastava (2011) were adopted and employed in this research to collect the required data. The study reveals a positive correlation between personality and mental health of higher secondary students. The gender wise analysis also shows similar results. In personality, gender difference was not found but in mental health scores, boys and girls differed significantly.