Psychological well-being among youth

Pages: 642-645
Antony Vinoth Kumar K., Asha Latha Mathew, Sasikala S., and Karunanidhi S. (Department of Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

Psychological well-being is a description of positive psychological and social functioning (Ryff & Keyes, 1995) which includes mastery over the self, having a positive and realistic understanding about the self and enhancing the meaning and purpose in life. Presently, young adults fail to comprehend the factors that can contribute to enhancement of psychological well-being in their daily life. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the influence of certain psychological variables that would help the young adults in the process. For this purpose, 89 young adults (50 Females & 39 Males) were identified using convenient sampling method. Pearson’s product moment correlation was used to assess the relationship among the independent and dependent variables. It was found that Presence of meaning and Self-esteem were related to all dimensions of Psychological well-being. Search for meaning was not found to be related to any dimensions of Psychological well-being. Optimism was found to be related to Self-acceptance alone.