Resilience and Spirituality as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being among University Students

By : Rohtash Singh, Updesh Kumar, Archana

Page No: 227-235

Abstract
In recent years, the concept of psychological well-being has become one of the most popular and fast expanding field that has captured the attention of many researchers. Psychological well-being relates to the positive forces of life that includes feelings of joy, happiness, positive emotions, hope, optimism, self efficacy and resilience. The present research intends to investigate the predictors of psychological wellbeing among university students. The study was carried out on a sample of 186 students with the age range of 21-24 years. The students were assessed with Resilience Scale (Connor and Davidson, 2003), Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (Underwood and Teresi, 2002) and Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff and Keyes, 1995). Stepwise Multiple Regression analysis revealed that psychological well-being is predicted by both resilience as well as spirituality among students. This shows that students who were resilient and had strong spiritual approach in their lives reported higher levels of psychological well-being.

Authors :
Archana : Scientist ‘D’ Scientist, Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi-110054.
Updesh Kumar : Scientist ‘F’ Scientist —Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi-110054.
Rohtash Singh : Associate Professor —Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana-136119.