An Analytical Study on the Association of Perceived Stress and Self-efficacy with General Health and Well-being among Young Adults of Assam

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21305626

Zulfiqar Ullah Siddiqui¹ and Farhin Hussain² (Department of Psychology, PQH School of Education, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya¹ and Department of Psychology, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya²)

The present study examined the relationship between perceived stress and self-efficacy and general health and well-being among young adults (155 college students, male=75 & female =80) aged 18-25 years, selected from a college in North Lakhimpur, Assam. The study employed an quantitative, correlational research design where data was collected via tools Perceived Stress Scale by Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein (1983), which consists of 10 items rated on a 5 point Likert scale, General Self-efficacy Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995), scale which consist of 10 items rated on a 4 point Likert scale, General Health Questionnaire by Goldberg & Hillier (1979) which consist of 28 items and is divided into four dimensions: somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression. The findings revealed that there was no significant difference between perceived stress, self-efficacy and general health and well-being based on gender at the 0.05 level and no significant relationship between perceived stress, self-efficacy and general health and well-being at 0.05 level while significant relationship between self-efficacy and general health and well-being among young adults at 0.01 level.