Stress and life satisfaction among college students

Pages:353-355
Prerna Puri, Kiran Yadav and Laxmi Shekhawat (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Life satisfaction is the cognitive aspect of subjective well-being; it possesses unique importance in the understanding of a number of mental health concerns. Multiple individual factors can exert influence on individuals’ life satisfaction judgments; perceived stress is one of those individual factors that involve subjective judgmental process influencing life satisfaction). In college years, students experience various changes in physical, social and cultural environments, some students may adapt these changes well, some others may negatively appraise the changes, and experience increased stress and lower satisfaction with life. The study aimed to investigate whether satisfaction with life is related to perceived stress on students of Rajasthan University, Jaipur. Specifically, we hypothesized that college students’ satisfaction with life would be negatively correlated with perceived stress.80 students enrolled for the study from University of Rajasthan, They were administered the stress scale for students by Puri et al. (2011) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Denier et al. (1985), 77 Subjects filled the Performa. Stress and life satisfaction were significantly negatively correlated (coefficient of correlation was -0.368, ‘p = 0.001). The study found that higher levels of perceived stress were associated with lower levels of satisfaction with life among the students.