Relationship between psychological well-being and values among adolescents

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship and significance of mean difference between Psychological well-being and values among adolescents. The sample of 200 adolescents of IX and X classes with age range between 14 to 16 years who were administered psychological tests, i.e., Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (PWB), 1989b and Value Test (Ojha, 1992). Product Moment Method was used to see the relationships between Psychological well-being and Values. Results reveal that psychological well-being is significantly positive correlated with theoretical, social and religious values and significantly negative correlated with economic, aesthetic and political values. To see the significant mean difference, t- test was used. Results show that boys are high on autonomy and environmental mastery the measures of psychological well-being and theoretical and economic values where as girls are high on aesthetic and religious as compared to their counterparts.