EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING ON STUDENTS' ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF EDUCATIONAL GOALS – AN OVERVIEW

Abstract

Psychological well-being is thought to play a critical role in understanding the students' attitude and behavior. There is a great impact of education on Psychological well-being for the students as it helps in acclimating the modications in surrounding environment. Psychological well-being is stated as a diverse multidimensional conception, positive mental health, improving personality physiognomies, uniqueness and emotional regulation.Various studies have been documented which shows substantial correlation between Psychological well-being and education. For this purpose a lot of studies have been documented, which reveals that Psychological well-being relates to growth and human fulllment and has consequences for health. Psychological analysis and application have historically targeted on learning and treating pathologies following a decit approach that has as its main priority to reduce the unpleasant effects of various individual and social issues. Psychological well-being (happiness, life satisfaction and depression) area essential resources for enhancing students' learning, success and quality in education. Psychological wellbeing is shown to predict students' attitudes and educational performance in higher instructional establishments. Psychological well-being (happiness, life satisfaction & depression) put together and on an individual basis contribute to the prediction of students' behaviours and attitudes. For the purpose of the study of Psychological well-being, several models and scales are in used like Existence Scale, Stress Scale, WarwickEdinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, Ryff's Scale for Psychological well-being. In this article an attempt has been made to focus how Psychological well-being has its effect on students' attitudes and behaviours towards the accomplishment of their educational goals.