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Perceived Social Support: An Insight into the Mental Well-Being of Kashmiri Students


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Perceived social support is very important factor that can affect mental well-being of an individual. Good and healthy social support is related with positive mental well-being and poor social network leads to severe psychological problems such as chronic stress, depression, anxiety, suicidal tendency and so on. The aim of the current investigation is (a) To study the association between perceived social support and mental well-being of Kashmiri students; and (b) To examine how perceived social support impacts mental well-being of Kashmiri students. The study was performed on a group of one hundred Kashmiri students by using convenience sampling technique. Participants completed the measure of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation and Simple Linear Regression Analysis was used to test the results. The results revealed that there was a substantial association between perceived social support and mental well-being.

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Perceived Social Support, Mental Well-Being, Depression, Anxiety and Stress.
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Roma Seraj
Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Asma Parveen
Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


Perceived social support is very important factor that can affect mental well-being of an individual. Good and healthy social support is related with positive mental well-being and poor social network leads to severe psychological problems such as chronic stress, depression, anxiety, suicidal tendency and so on. The aim of the current investigation is (a) To study the association between perceived social support and mental well-being of Kashmiri students; and (b) To examine how perceived social support impacts mental well-being of Kashmiri students. The study was performed on a group of one hundred Kashmiri students by using convenience sampling technique. Participants completed the measure of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation and Simple Linear Regression Analysis was used to test the results. The results revealed that there was a substantial association between perceived social support and mental well-being.

Keywords


Perceived Social Support, Mental Well-Being, Depression, Anxiety and Stress.

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