INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND RESEARCH
RESEARCH METHODS
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
ON
WELL BEING OF PSYCHOLOGY SUBJECT ON PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS COMPARED TO NON PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS
SUBMITTED BY:
ROOPA R.
NANDAN B.
PRIYANKA DEY
GULAB ROSARY
SUBMITTED TO:
DR. ELIZABETH JASMINE
(PRINCIPAL)
IIPR, BANGALORE- 95
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract 1
Introduction 2
Review of literature 3
Methodology 4
Ethical considerations and limitations 7
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
Philosophers and theologians have pondered the question- “what makes for a good life?” for centuries, and now health psychologists are turning their spotlight on it. They are doing so by investigating subjective wellbeing, people’s evaluations on the lives in terms of both thoughts and emotions. Subjective wellbeing is the measure of how happy people are (Diener, 2000). Research on subjective well being shows that happy people shares several characteristics
( Myers & Diener,
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He used telephone interviews of a sample of adults (n = 1933) and collected information about socio-demographic variables, a standardised measure of psychological distress, and three brief existing scales to assess aspects of psychological well-being: Positive Relations with Others, Environmental Mastery, and Satisfaction with Life. The total of these three scales was also computed and explored as a measure of overall well-being. The results obtained shows that the variables positively associated with psychological well-being were negatively associated with psychological distress and vice versa. The measure of well-being shows psychometric promise for community surveys. Psychological well-being is not exactly the opposite end of the continuum to psychological