PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN RELATION TO SELF-ESTEEM, PERSONALITY, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The concept of well-being plays an important role in a number of disciplines. It appears not only in the field of psychology but also in field of philosophy, economics, psychiatry, public health, gerontology and elsewhere. Psychological research has also begun to examine how layperson conceptualize and think about the nature of well-being, often focusing on the degree to which individuals define well-being in hedonic (the experience of pleasure) and eudaemonic (the experience of meaning) terms. The present study (N=200) was conducted to study the well-being in relation to self-esteem, personality family environment and emotional intelligence. Participant completed a questionnaire comprising Psychological well being, Self esteem scale, Neo-Five Factor Inventory, Multidimensional measures of emotional intelligence, Family environment scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation and Stepwise regression analysis were work out. Self-esteem, personality, emotional intelligence and family environment are likely to contribution substantially for psychological well-being. The study is useful to judge the Psychological Well-Being of the college students which is an indicator of mental health. It evaluates the factors that characterize and influence mental health and well-being, nurturing our understanding of culture, social and economic contexts in which me develops.