Relationship between Psychological Well-being and Depression among Selected Adolescents

Pages:232-235
Sherin Joseph and Rosalito De Guzman (The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines)

The current study is supported by empirical evidence that depression can impair one’s mental well-being. The high prevalence rate of adolescents with depression often harms their life. It affects the emotional, physical, and spiritual health of adolescents and reduces their psychological well-being. Thus, early prevention is needed, and more researches are required to raise awareness of this issue. The extensive literature shows that adolescent depression leads to poor PWB. In India, in recent years the prevalence of depression is alarmingly high and has become one of the most serious national illnesses. The goal of this study is to look into the link between PWB and depression in adolescents. This study included a correlation investigation between depression and PWB among 400 adolescents from India. The data for this study was gathered using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDl-11) and Ryff’s Psychological Well-being measures (RPWB). The Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a very substantial negative correlation of .773 among depression and mental health, implying that low PWB has an impact on depression. This study emphasizes the growing public health problem of depression and calls for the implementation of an effective intervention program aimed at improving adolescents’ PWB.