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Background: The World Health Organization classifies young people as 10-24 years old with adolescence (10-19yrs) and (15-24yrs). The adolescent period is a time for developing independence. It is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that usually occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood. The adolescent's behavior varies within the time period that defines the stage of development and differs by sex and setting. The behavior are influenced by a range of factors including individuals self-esteem, skill, knowledge, beliefs, caregiver, peers and teachers, schools, economic status, folk's beliefs. Perception of sights, sense of future, and the media. Aim: "A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding management and prevention of selected behavioral problems of adolescents among students studying in a selected nursing college in Mangalore". Objectives: 1. To assess the students' knowledge regarding management and prevention of selected behavioral problems in adolescence. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on management and prevention of behavioral problem in adolescents among nursing students. 3. To find out association between pretest knowledge score of students regarding management of adolescent behavioral problem with selected demographic variables Such as age in year, gender, religion, education status of parents, occupation of parents, monthly income of the family, type of family, Source of information on management and prevention of behavioral problems, Area of residence. Methodology: A quantitative research approach and comparative research design were used .A total of 60 adolescent boys and girls were chosen from the selected college of Srinivas Institute of Nursing Sciences by convenient sampling technique. A pre and post questionnaire was used to assess the behavioral problems and 81.7% of adolescent had poor knowledge and in posttest 3.3% of adolescent's had poor knowledge in selected behavioral problems. Results: Among 60 adolescents 49. (81.7%) of adolescent had poor knowledge in pre-test , 11 (18.3%) had moderate knowledge and none of the adolescents had good knowledge of selected behavioural problems whereas in post-test had mode 49(81.7%) rare knowledge and 22 (36.7%) had good knowledge, It was concluded that there was an improvement in knowledge regarding management and prevention of selected behavioural problems and none of the adolescent. Conclusion: The study concludes that adolescents studying in college were having behavioral problems. Substance abuse was found to be the least common behavioral problems among adolescent boys and girls.