An analytical study of mental health, self-esteem, and subjective well-being among government and private college students

Pages: 359-363
Maryam Farhang and H. Sam Sananda Raj (Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, Kerala)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the significant differences among government and private college students for the variable mental health (and its subscales likewise, attitude toward the self, self-actualization, integration, autonomy, perception of reality, environmental mastery), self-esteem, and subjective well-being. For this purpose, 750 college students Include 368 government and 382 private college students were selected via stratified random sampling method. In order to collect data, the Mental Health status, (M.H.S. Scale) by Gireesan and Sananda Raj, (1988), Self-Esteem Inventory by Thomas, and Sananda Raj, and Subjective Well- Being Inventory, (Sell, & Nagpal, 1992. Adopted, Modified, & Translated by Suhany, & Sananda Raj, 2002) were used. The data were analyzed by t-test. The results showed that students from private college had higher level of attitude toward the self and self-esteem, and subjective well-being than students from Government College, but there wasn’t a significant difference among government and private college for other variables under study.