SRJIS/MOM MITRA DE, & DEBJANI SENGUPTA (509-518) OCT-NOV, 2012, Vol. – I, Issue-III www.srjis.com Page 509 INFLUENCE OF PARENTING ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF INDIAN ADOLESCENTS Mom Mitra De, Department of Education, Surendranath College for Women, Kolkata. Debjani Sengupta, Department of Education, University of Calcutta, West Bengal. Received: 28 Oct 2012 Reviewed & Accepted: 26 Nov 2012 The broad objective of the study was to examine the parent-child relationship that contributes to the social support system of an adolescent that eventually affects his/her Mental Health. The study specifically explored the relationship between parenting and stress from academics of the teenagers of Kolkata Metropolis. A group of 302 adolescents from Kolkata consisting of 150 boys and 152 girls aged 14-18 years participated in the study. They were selected through incidental purposive sampling technique. The tools used were a standardized test on parenting and a questionnaire that measured the stress from studies. Results show prevalence of above average positive parenting of the entire sample under study. The level of stress from academics was found to be within average limit. Parenting was found to have an inverse relationship with the level of stress. The study has extensive implications on the different facets of society at large. Out of many, the two most mandatory causes ie. environmental and psychosocial the study finds solution to these two causes arising basically out of poor parent-child relationship and excess load arising in and from academics. It also serves as an eye opener as to how parenting may affect the Mental Health of the adolescent. Key Words: Parenting, Adolescents, Mental Health , Kolkata. Abstract