Role of leisure activities in psychological well-being of young adult students

Pages: 714-717
Chetna and Nov Rattan Sharma (Department of Psychology, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Psychological well-being is the essence of human existence. To lead a balanced life; psychological well-being is a prerequisite whereas leisure activities are those activities which are performed in ones free time on non obligatory activities means participating in activities distant from routine activities and life stresses. The current investigation was designed to study the interrelationship between leisure activities and psychological well-being among young adult students. The sample for the current investigation consisted of 300 young adult students from the age bracket of 20-25 years and all of them were picked out from colleges and universities of NCR region on the basis of availability. For this purpose; The Leisure Interest Measure was used to assess leisure activities and Psychological Well-Being scale was administered to assess psychological well-being. Inter-correlation analysis was used to see the associations between the two sets of the variables and further regression analysis was done to explore the predictive role of leisure activities in predicting psychological well-being. Results were discussed in terms of its implications in the area of health psychology.