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Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and Mental Health among College Students
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The current research was carried out to study the impact of psychological capital on mental health .Taking this perspective in mind data was conducted on a sample of 200 college students of Haryana within the age group of 18 to 25 years. To measure the mental health and psychological capital of the subjects GHQ-12 (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans, 2007) was used. Descriptive statistics, t-test and correlation were implemented by using SPSS20.0. It was found that there is a non-significant gender difference in mental health, psychological capital and mobile usage. A significant correlation was found between psychological capital and Mental Health. In conclusion this can be said that psychological capital variables like resilience, optimism, hope and efficacy influenced the mental health issues in the population of the youth.
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mental health, psychological capital, mobile usage
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