Relationship of Self-Regulation with Mental Health Among Boy and Girl Adolescents

Abstract

Mental health difficulties in adolescence have a long-lasting impact that does not only affect later adult mental health, but also physical wellbeing, educational accomplishment, and workforce participation and contentment. Self-regulation may be related to mental health as it may help in controlling and managing actions, upsetting emotions and impulses. This present paper aims to explore the relation of self-regulation and its dimensions to adolescents’ mental health. The research methodology employed for the study is a correlational. 76 adolescents selected through a simple random sampling method participated in the study. Standardized tools were used to collect data. Data analysis included descriptive statistic like Mean and SD.  t-test was calculated to see gender differences. Results showed that some dimensions of self-regulation correlated to mental health.