Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Shabana Azmi ¹, Shamim A. Ansari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

The present deliberation is aimed to see the influence of self concept and psychological wellbeing on academic performance. For this purpose a sample group of 10th standard of school boys and girls (N=300) were chosen and the tests were administered on these students. A self concept measure developed by Ahluwalia (1986) was used for taping information regarding students' perception pertaining to their self concept. For measuring psychological wellbeing, a scale developed by Bhogle and Prakash (1995) was used. And for academic performance the results of the students for the last three consecutive years were taken and the averages of these were obtained for determining students' performance level. Adopting 2X2 factorial design, Two way ANOVA was run by using SPSS package. The obtained results have clearly indicated that pattern of influence of self concept and psychological wellbeing independently as well as in conjunction thereof. Having run this statistics, it was found that both the independent variables have their significant influence on academic performance but interactional effect of both independent variables was not found statistically significant.

Keywords

Academic Performance, Self Concept, Well Being, Psychological Wellbeing.

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Saika Farid ¹, Shabana Azmi ¹, Shamim. A. Ansari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

Higher education studies have become stressful day by day due to extremely high work load, future consciousness in students and due to expectations of parents/ caregivers. These responsibilities and challenges result in stress which has been widely accepted as the main barrier for academic success. In the long run, stressful life events are changed into bad moods, negative cognitions and towards depressive symptoms. Self efficacy is impactful not only in maintaining emotional, behavioral and cognitive functioning but also on the whole considered as a key element for optimizing human potential. Self efficacy is a development of learning process that masters self control which enables the individuals to authorize themselves. The present study was aimed to evaluate the role of self efficacy on stress and depression among university students. Sample comprised of students (N=75) of post graduate level. Sample was divided into male (n= 35) and female (n=40). Data were subjected to multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results indicate that self efficacy have significant influence on both stress and depression. Thus, results clearly indicated stronger self efficacy produces better higher education outcomes and it appears as a negotiator of stress and depression for university students.

Keywords

Self Efficacy, Stress, Depression.

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Shabana Azmi ¹, Shamim A. Ansari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

The present deliberation is aimed to see the influence of self concept and psychological wellbeing on academic performance. For this purpose a sample group of 10th standard of school boys and girls (N=300) were chosen and the tests were administered on these students. A self concept measure developed by Ahluwalia (1986) was used for taping information regarding students' perception pertaining to their self concept. For measuring psychological wellbeing, a scale developed by Bhogle andPrakash (1995) was used. And for academic performance the results of the students for the last three consecutive years were taken and the averages of these were obtained for determining students' performance level. Adopting 2X2 factorial design, Two way ANOVA was run by using SPSS package. The obtained results have clearly indicated that pattern of influence of self concept and psychological wellbeing independently as well as in conjunction thereof. Having run this statistics, it was found that both the independent variables have their significant influence on academic performance but interactional effect of both independent variables was not found statistically significant.

Keywords

Academic Performance, Self Concept, Well Being, Psychological Wellbeing.

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