Psychological Well-being among Adolescents: Role of Prosocial Behaviour

The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship and significance of mean difference between Prosocial Behaviour and Psychological well-being among adolescents. The sample of 200 adolescents of IX and X classes with age range between 14 to 16 years who were administered psychological tests i.e. Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (PWB), 1989b and Prosocial Tendencies Measure (PTM), Carlo&Randall, 2002. Product Moment Method was used to see the relationships between Prosocial Behaviour and Psychological well-being. Results reveal that psychological well-being is significantly positive correlated with prosocial behaviour. To see the significant mean difference, t- test was used. Results show that Boys are high on Autonomy and Environmental Mastery the measures of Psychological well-being and Public Prosocial behavoiur where as Girls are high on Altruism, Complaint and Emotional Prosocial behavoiur as compared to their counterparts.