Perceived Parenting Academic Pressure and Daily Life Involvement of Parents as Predictors of Subjective Well-being among Adolescents

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Page: 432-435

Swyam Mehrotra¹ and Fariha Ishrat Ullah² (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh¹and Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi²)

In conjunction with a recent meeting held by the union education minister (2023) to devise a framework to protect adolescents’ mental health and well-being. The current study attempts to anticipate the impact of perceived parental academic pressure and parental involvement on adolescents’ subjective well-being. The presence of meaning in life has a positive effect on preventing suicide and acts as a protective factor. This emphasizes the significance of identifying the preventive factor and thus adolescents’ subjective well-being was explored. This corresponding correlational study is administered on school and college-going adolescents (N: 210). Data collection employs voluntary response sampling, and administration of three valid and reliable scales (PPAS: Perceived Parental Academic Pressure Scale, TPIS: The Parental Involvement Scale & WHO Well-being Index 5). Inferences are drawn through a statistical package for social science (version 2.0). Results revealed that Perceived parental academic pressure is negatively correlated with adolescents’ subjective well being while parental involvement is positively correlated. Regression analysis further illustrates that only perceived parental academic pressure is a significant predictor of subjective well-being among adolescents and the family structure does not significantly affect the 2 factors. This study recommends and highlights the augmented need to establish a robust framework as soon as possible to increase the efficiency of suicide preventive programmes.