Psychological Well-Being and Locus of Control among Underprivileged Learners

Abstract

Underprivileged learners are those disadvantaged students who are under privileged and undeveloped from every angle of the society. They face significant obstacles in accessing quality education and opportunities which can impact their psychological wellbeing and locus of control. This study aims to investigate the relationship between psychological wellbeing and locus of control among underprivileged learners. The study was conducted on 80 under privileged learners aged 10-14 years who are from low-income families, backward classes and attending a public school. The psychological wellbeing scale (Carol Ryff ,1995) and levensons scale for locus of control scale (Sanjay Vohra ,1992) used. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as mann whitney U test and spearman’s rank coefficient of correlation. After a thorough statistical analysis and interpretation of the obtained data, the result of the study indicates that there is no significant relationship between gender and locus of control and psychological wellbeing among the chosen sample of underprivileged learners.