THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND PEER FACTORS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND RISKY BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

Background: Adolescence is one of the most complex and challenging phases of human development, mental health is a condition of mental well-being that allows a person to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to the social environment. Adolescents are very susceptible to mental health disorders and behave riskily for various reasons, including environmental factors around adolescents (home, school, play) and peers who are interacting with them almost all the time. Adolescent mental health indicators are the negative aspects and positive aspects that always accompany adolescents at all times. Research Objective: to determine the relationship between environmental and peer factors and mental health and risky behaviors in adolescents at the BNN primary clinic, Depok City, West Java. Research Method: using descriptive methods with crosssectional and quantitative design with chi-squere tests. The population is adolescents who visit to get health services aged 15-20 years, with a sample of 35 adolescents. Study Results: Environmental factors had a significant relationship with mental health and risky behaviors in adolescents on the variables of anxiety (p value = 0.000), depression (p value = 0.005), psychological stress (p value = 0.011), psychological well-being (p value = 0.020), and adolescent risk behavior (p value =0.000). Peer factors had a significant relationship with mental health and risky behaviors in adolescents on the variables of anxiety (p value = 0.040), depression (p value = 0.000), psychological stress (p value = 0.16), psychological well-being (p value = 0.002), and adolescent risk behavior (p value =0.001). Conclusion: environmental and peer factors have a significant relationship with mental health and risky behaviors in adolescents, so there is a need for mutually supportive cooperation between the family, school and health workers.