A study of general well-being of adolescents in relation to their residential background, type of school and academic achievement

The present study investigated the effect of Residential Background, Type of School and Academic Achievement on General Well-being of Sr. Sec. School Students. A sample of 200 Sr. Sec. School Students was assessed by using simple random sampling technique. General Well-being Scale constructed and standardized by Kalia & Anita (2010) was used for collecting data. Data were statistically analyzed by applying t-test. The results of this study depicted that students of rural areas were found significantly higher than students of urban areas on Physical Well-being, Emotional Well-being and Social Well-being dimensions. However, students of rural and urban areas were found similar on Global Well-being and School Well-being. Further, the students of Govt. Sr. Sec. Schools were found significantly higher than students of Private Sr. Sec. Schools on Physical Well-being and Emotional Well-being dimensions but the students of Private Sr. Sec. Schools were found significantly higher than students of Govt. Sr. Sec. Schools on Global Well-being dimension. However, students of Govt. and Private Sr. Sec. Schools were found similar on Social Well-being and School Well-being. Further, the high achievers were found significantly higher on Emotional Well-being and School Well-being dimensions. However, high achievers and low achievers were found similar on Physical Well-being, Emotional Well-being and Social wellbeing dimensions.