An Investigation In To The Correlation Between Learning Difficulties And Mental Health Of B.Ed. College Students

Abstract

In this study, an attempt has been made to study the correlation between learning difficulties and mental health of B.Ed. college students. The Learning Difficulties Scale (LDS) constructed and validated by the investigator and Mental Health Scale (MHS) developed by Nagasubramani P.C. (2010), were used to collect the data from a sample of 495 B.Ed. college students studying in Puducherry Region, India. The survey method had been followed and purposive sampling technique was used in administration of the research tools. The result of the analysis reveals that the average level of mental health and good mental health of B.Ed. college students, there is significant difference between male, female, undergraduate and post graduate B.Ed. college students with respect to their learning difficulties and mental health, there is significant and negative relationship between learning difficulties and mental health of B.Ed. college students. It is evident that only 15.6% of the total variance in learning difficulties is attributed by the mental health of B.Ed. college students. The remaining percentage of variance 84.4 % is to be accounted by other factors which are not included in this study and there is a significant contribution of mental health on the dependent variable learning difficulties of B.Ed. college students.