Resilience and Psychological Wellbeing among Psychology Students and Engineering Students– A Comparative Study

Dr.Tony P. Jose; Akhila Thomas

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

Resilience and Psychological Wellbeing among Psychology Students and Engineering Students– A Comparative Study

Dr. Tony P. Jose, Akhila Thomas

Abstract :

The present study examined the difference between resilience and psychological wellbeing among Psychology students and Engineering students. The convenient samples of 120 adolescents were selected for the study which includes 60 males and 60 females from Calicut district, Kerala. Resilience was measured by Sills and Stein� (2007) scale of resilience, and Psychological wellbeing was measured by Carol Ryff � (1998) scale of Psychological wellbeing. The�t� test result shows that there is no significant difference between resilience and wellbeing among Psychology students and Engineering students, whereas there is a significant difference between resilience with respect to the Gender. Males are more resilient compared to females.