Effect of Family Climate, Mental Health on Students‟ Academic Achievement: An Empirical Study

Family is the basic entity of existence for an individual. It forms the foundation during the formative stage of life which imprints live along with us. Mental Health of an individual gets determined by its overall surroundings, family is one of the biggest predictor of the status of mental health. Both family climate and mental health have a direct bearing on students’ academic achievement. All parents and teachers are concerned about students’ academic performance. In the present study 200 class XII (Science stream) students in Delhi are studied to examine the effect of students’ family climate i.e. Independence and healthy climate along with students’ mental health - Emotional stability and Intelligence on their achievement in XII Exams. The results confirmed significant contribution of both the variables on students’ performance