Investigating the Mental Health of Female High School Students in Qom

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the high school students’ mental health in the city of Qom. This study was a survey research. Statistical population included all the female high school students in Qom city (15872). Statistical sample was 340 students who were selected based on a random classification and multi phase cluster sampling method from districts 1، 2 and 3 of the office of education in the city of Qom. The measurement instrument was SCL-90-R (Deragotis، 1994) which was performed on a group method in different schools. Data analysis revealed that the means were higher than the test margin (0. 7) for all the factors. Regarding the prevalence of psychological problems، depression factor showed a prevalence of 67 percent which was the highest and phobia factor with 21. 6 percent which was the lowest. Comparing the mean psychological problems of female high school students by ANOVA showed that there was a significant difference only on depression factor and there were no significant differences in other factors. The findings in this study indicated that mental health among female high school students was not favorable. Therefore it seems necessary to provide female high school students with psychological mental health and mental hygiene.