The Relationship between Psychological Wellbeing, Perceived Parental Autonomy Support & Empathy Amongst Outstation Indian College Students

Abstract

Finding out if there is a connection between students’ psychological well-being, their perception of their parents’ autonomy support, and empathy among those who travel to different cities for school can assist organizations and caregivers in offering these students resilience training and mental health support. The purpose of the study was to look at the connections between empathy, perceived parental autonomy support, and psychological well-being among 122 Indian outstation college students (57 male & 67 Female students), in the age group of 18-23 years from Mumbai city, India. The study uses Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale (Mageau al., 2014), the Psychological well-being scale (Keyes & Ryff et al., 1995), and the Toronto Empathy Scale (Spreng et al. 2009) were used in the study. The data collected was using the appropriate descriptive and statistical analysis. Using correlation analysis, the associations between these variables in the study were examined. These findings contribute to the evidence suggesting an optimal level of perceived parental autonomy affects the overall psychological well-being of students. Furthermore, the study’s conclusions showed that a student’s general psychological health improves their capacity for empathy, or the capacity to understand the sentiments of others, and vice versa.