Relationship of subjective wellbeing, optimism and Psychological distress among young adults

Pages:34-38
Teenu Nanda (Govt. College, Maham, Haryana)
Hardeep Lal Joshi (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra)

The present study was conducted with two objectives. First was to examine the relationship of subjective well-being, optimism, and psychological distress, second was to investigate the sex differences among all these variables. The sample of the study involved 200 participant s (J OO male and 100 female) between the age ranges from 22 to 28 years. The subjects were assessed with General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1970), Optimism Scale (Seligman, 1991) and Subjective Well-being Inventory (Sell & Nagpal,1992). The data were analyzed by using Pearson’s Product Moment method of correlation and t-test. The results revealed that (i) subjective well-being was found to be negatively associated with psychological distress, (ii) subjective well-being was found to be positi vely associated with optimism, (iii) one of the measures of optimism (PMB) was found positively associated with psychological distress. (vi) male and female subjects differ significantly on psychological distress, subjective well-being (Primary group concern, Perceived ill health ,Deficiency in social contacts, General well-being- negative affect), and on optimism (Permanent Bad, Hope Good).