Empirical study of well-being among adolescents

Pages: 1013-1017
P.S.N. Tiwari and Krishna Sharma (Department of Psychology, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP)

How people feel and think about their lives is essential and integral part of understanding the well-being in a particular society. The present study is an attempt to investigate the well-being of male and female adolescents (N=240) attending government and public schools of Gorakhpur city. All the subjects belonged to the age group of 15 to 17 years. These participants were subjected to 35 items measure of well-being having seven domains. The results revealed that adolescents attending to public school scored higher as compare to government school on dimensions of well-being namely positive affect, family support and achievement expectation, while male adolescents showed higher emotional support, achievement expectation. The implications of the findings have been discussed.