Psychological Well-being as a Predictor of Self-esteem among Adolescents and Young Adults

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21335717

Karande Sagar and Lavalekar Anagha (Jnana Prabodhini’s Institute of Psychology, affiliated to Savitribai Phule, Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra)

The goal of this study is to find out if there is a link between adolescents’ and young adults’ psychological health and their self-esteem, and for this study, a sample of 205 students aged 14 to 24 years (92 adolescents & 113 young adults) was selected from schools and colleges in Pune city. To collect this data, a simple random sampling technique was used. The Ryff psychological well-being scale (Ryff & Keyes 1995) and the Rosenburg Self-esteem Scale (Rosenburg 1965) were used to measure psychological well-being and self-esteem, and we used Pearson Product Moment correlation and regression analysis to find the correlation and prediction relationships respectively and an extremely strong and positive link was found between psychological well-being and self-esteem (r =.520, p <.001) and among teens and young adults psychological well-being was also found to be a strong predictor of self-esteem (F (1385.76) = 75.24, p <.001) and the results also showed a significant difference in psychological wellbeing between teens and young adults (t = 3.422, p<.001) with young adults having higher levels than teens and however there was no significant difference in self-esteem between teens and young adults (t = 1.293, p =.099).