https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/39CRN

doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2021-95859864/IJPESAS/V11/I2/A4

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1. Research Scholar    Department of Physical Education   Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya   Jabalpur, (M.P.)                                                                                                                                                                                                       
2. Director and Head Department of Physical Education  Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya  Jabalpur, (M.P.)                                                           

Six Hundred Twenty Seven school children (298 boys and 329 girls) ranging 13 to 18 years of age were assessed for Psychological Well-being. Using Psychological Well-being scale by singh and Choudhary, (2012). This scale consists of five dimensions viz. satisfaction, efficiency, sociability, mental health and interpersonal relations. Data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), MANOVA followed by ANOVA, followed by Least Significance Difference test of Post-Hoc analysis. Descriptive Analysis of data revealed that Psychological Well-being of boys and girls of age 13 to 18 years was at moderate level.  Psychological Well-being of girls of age 17 years, (Efficiency) and boys of age 15 years, 17 years and 18 years have higher Interpersonal Relations.   A multivariate analysis of variancedetermine the effect of age and gender on psychological well-being and its sub factors. The indicated significant main effects of age and gender as Wilks’ Lambda= .817, F (25, 2271) =5.074; .953, F (5,611)=5.24, for age and gender respectivelywere significant at .05 level. Analysis of variance with to gender revealed that boys and girls of 13 to 18 years of age differ significantly on efficiency, sociability and mental health.  The differences on satisfaction and interpersonal relation were statistically insignificant. Further, one way Analysis of variance according to age revealed that there was significant difference on efficiency, sociability and mental health and interpersonal relations. Whereas the mean differences on satisfaction among these age groups was statistically insignificant at 0.05 level.

Key Words: Psychological Well-being and school children.

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