Adolescent's uncontrolled mental and emotional conditions can affect adolescent behavior and cause problems in the teen's mental and emotional health. This study aims to find out what are the factors that influence the mental emotional problems of adolescents. The study was conducted in Private Vocational Schools (SMK) throughout the city of Padang Panjang in 2018. The research design was descriptive. The sample amounted to 124 adolescents, with a total sampling technique after screening. The instruments used in this study were the SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) questionnaire and questionnaires factors that influenced adolescent mental emotional problems. The results of this study indicate that, parenting factors are one of the factors that influence the mental emotional problems of adolescents. Most of the parenting styles applied by the respondents' parents were authoritarian and permissive parenting ie 58.4%. Both of these parenting styles have an impact on adolescent mental emotional problems, which are on average in the category of risk (risk). Suggestions from this research are expected to soul nurses in the community so that more often establish communication with the school and hold parenting activities in order to create emotional and mental health conditions especially at school.

Mental emotional problems at adolescence if not addressed early on can increase the risk of the occurrence of mental disorders. This research aims to know the influence of supportive therapies against mental emotional problems of teenagers. Research conducted at Private Vocational High School of City “X”. Design of  research  is Quasy Experimental Pre-Post Test With the Control Group, the sample numbered 108 teens, with the total sampling techniques. 54 the respondent is the intervention group and the 54 respondents again into the control group. The instruments used in this study is questionnaire SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire), module, the workbook, as well as supportive therapy evaluation book groups. Statistical tests are used  test t-independent. The research results obtained of a range of mental emotional problems of adolescents in the intervention group prior to the granting of a therapy that is mean: 17,00. After administering therapy obtained the mean: 13, 3. The results meaning that there is a difference of meaning between the emotional mental issues have been given supportive therapy group treatment. The advice of this research is to apply a group of supportive therapy as one therapy to overcome the emotional mental problem experienced by teenagers.