THE ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CONCERNING GENDER

Abstract

The psychological well-being of university students is a public health issue. They face multiple challenges during their academic life and to perform efficiently in the academic domain they are required to deal with these challenges in an effective way. Certain demographic characteristics are associated with the phenomena of psychological wellbeing. This study is aimed to compare the scales of psychological well-being with concern to gender among university students of Karachi. The cross-sectional analytical study design was adopted and a sample of 180 (90 males and 90 females) undergraduate students within the age bracket of 18 to 30 years from different departments of public and private universities in Karachi participated. The scales of psychological well-being by Ryff were administered to participants and data was gathered through the survey method. Statistical analysis was done by applying a t-test to identify the difference between both groups. Findings revealed significant gender differences (p<.05). Female participants scored significantly higher on all domains of psychological wellbeing. Influencing factors, recommendations, and implications of the study are further discussed.