Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Mohd Shoiab Mir ¹, Mohanashri Aswarya ², Rabina Debbarma ³, S. Sridevi ³, R. Sankar ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of Clinical Psychology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, IN
3 Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess the level of psychological well-being among religious practitioners. Present study was conducted on 250 subjects, selected through random sampling technique. For statistical analysis 't'-test, ANOVA and Pearson's Correlation were applied. Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (1995) was used to assess the level of psychological well-being among practitioners. Findings indicate that male and daily practitioners have higher psychological well-being than female and occasionally practitioners, also above 45 years age group have higher psychological well-being than 15-25 and 26-45 years age group. Further the findings indicate that Muslim practitioners have high psychological well-being than Christian and Hindu practitioners respectively. Results also revealed that there is significant relationship found between variables.

Keywords

Psychological Well-Being, Age, Gender, Practice and Religion.

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