A Study on “Psychological Well-being in Graduate and Undergraduate Students of India”

Abstract

It has especially been stated that psychological well-being does not solely consist of the absence of psychological symptoms (e.g., depression, somatization, and anxiety), but also the presence of positive psychological states (e.g., resilience, optimism, happiness, and meaning; Arslan & Allen, 2020; Furlong et al., 2014; Keyes, 2003; Su et al., 2014; Yıldırım et al., 2021). Despite this approach focusing on the importance of both negative and positive psychological states in measuring psychological well-being, several scholars have emphasized that research has still predominantly assessed psychological well-being using negative psychological health indicators, such as depression (Biedaetal., 2017;Wieseetal.,2018). A comprehensive picture of the state of psychological well-being, however, could not be provided based on the currently available of psychological health problems. Positive psychological states should also be considered, as they strongly and independently influence the development and course of psychological health disorders (Arslan, 2019; Aziz & Yıldırım, 2020; Bieda et al., 2017). The current study aimed to addresses this need by investigating the technical adequacy of both the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving and Brief Inventory of Thriving (Su et al., 2014) with Indian college students. This study also aimed to examine the association between psychological well-being, namely thriving, constructs and psychological health symptoms among college students.