A Study of Relationship between Psychological Well-being and Perceived Stress among Secondary Stage Students of Mohali, Punjab

Abstract

Understanding the association of psychological well-being with perceived stress is important in secondary school-going adolescents. The present study attempts to investigate these dimensions and explore possible gender differences among adolescents. It intended to find the relationship between psychological wellbeing and perceived stress level among 100 secondary school students comprising 50 boys and 50 girls, through subscales and statistical analysis like t – ratio and Pearson correlation. The results showed that there were no significant differences in levels of psychological well-being and perceived stress between genders. Furthermore, there was an overall lack of significant correlations between levels of psychological well-being and perceived stress, except for a moderate positive correlation which emerged between perceived stress and personal growth. Contrary to expectations, it was expected that no significant association would be seen. These findings hint at the complexity of the relationship between perceived stress and aspects of psychological well-being among secondary school students. Mainly supporting hypotheses of minimal gender differences, the emergence of a moderate positive relationship runs contrary to the hypothesis of no significant relationship between perceived stress and psychological well-being. Further, such an association needs to be dug into for an understanding of the interactive processes that determine the mental and emotional life of adolescents.