Psychological Well-being of Senior Secondary School Students in Relation to Gender and Academic Achievement: An Empirical Study

Abstract

India, one of the fast growing and developing nations of the world, is doing well in growth, but it is not up to the mark in some fields. In science and technology, it is doing at par with other developed nations, and markable achievements are being touched. But in health or human growth, most of the population is not clear about the importance of health and human potentials. Many portions of the population are not aware of the positive aspects of human beings that can help them to flourish. The study has been done to find the psychological well-being of academic achievement and gender. For the study, a sample of 519 senior secondary school students from different senior secondary schools of Kulgam and Anantnag districts of Kashmir valley were selected. The sample was drawn by using a multi-stage stratified sampling technique. The tools of data collection were Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) developed by Dr. Devendra Singh Sisodia and Ms. Pooja Choudhary (2012) and academic achievement as the marks obtained by senior secondary school students in the board examination conducted by JKBOSE. The data obtained from these students were then analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques with the help of SPSS version 22. The paper also makes some suggestions, keeping the findings of the study in mind to enhance the psychological well-being of our budding human resource.

Psychological Well-Being and Student Academic Burnout

“…Students who can achieve academic goals that they set themselves are predicted to have high psychological well-being. Thus it can be said that students are able to pursue their desires, have high life satisfaction, always have a positive influence and progression (Bhat, 2021;Boudreaux & Ozer, 2013;Davis & Hadwin, 2021). High psychological well-being also occurs in students who can manage their learning activities, because several components of psychological wellbeing are growth and development, achievement of life goals, and self-regulation (Davis & Hadwin, 2021;Ryff & Singer, 1998).…”

“…This is because psychological well-being is related to the fulfillment of life satisfaction and individual happiness. Psychological well-being is an interesting issue because it supports individuals in achieving happiness, life satisfaction in the midst of unpleasant situations, and developing (Aydin, 2020;Bhat, 2021;Muqodas et al, 2020). The statement implies that psychological well-being is one of the important aspects that have an impact on life satisfaction and individual life happiness.…”

Perceived Mental Health among Identified Talented and Nonidentified Students from Indian Villages, Towns, and Cities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Another study during the pandemic (Wang et al, 2020a) also found that female Chinese students demonstrated a particularly high psychological impact of the outbreak by displaying higher levels of DAS, attributing it to uncertainty and potential negative impact on academic progression. On the contrary, Bhat & Jan (2023), studying the effects of gender on the mental health of Indian school students from Kashmir, found female adolescent students to have better mental health than male adolescents.…”

Perceived academic performance explained by school climate, positive psychological variables and life satisfaction

“…Whereas some school climates are friendly, welcoming and supporting, others are excluding, hostile and unsafe, which is why school climate may foster both favourable and unfavourable educational and psychological outcomes, becoming, in the latter case, an impediment to learning and academic performance (Kutsyuruba et al, 2015 ). In general, studies focusing on secondary education have found a significant positive association between school climate and both perceived (Daily et al, 2019 ; Escalante et al, 2021 ; Pérez et al, 2020 ) and real academic performance (Bhat & Mir, 2018 ; Demirtas‐Zorbaz et al, 2021 ).…”