Relationship between Perceived Social Support Psychological Well-being and Guilt among Adolescences and Adults.

Abstract

Current study intended to investigate the relationship between Perceived Social Support Psychological Well-being and Guilt among Adolescences and Adults. This study included 304 participants aged between 13 to 80 years, with Adolescences (n= 76; n=38men, n=38women), Early adults (n= 76; n=38men, n=38women), Middle adults (n= 76; n=38men, n=38women) and Late adults (n=76; n=38men, n=38women), who were selected through convenient sampling from different cities of Pakistan. In the present study we have demonstrated the three Scales, Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Personal feeling questionnaire-2 to test the hypotheses. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was estimated for both scales, it demonstrated reliable estimates for both scales. From the study through Pearson Correlation analyses it was observed significant positive relationship between Perceived Social Support and Psychological well-being, positive relationship between Perceived Social Support and Guilt, and also positive relationship between Psychological well-being and guilt. Through Independent Sample T Test it was observed that level of Perceived Social Support, Psychological well-being and Guilt was higher in women as compared to men. One Way Analysis of Anova demonstrated; level of Perceived Social Support was higher in adolescences, level of Psychological Well-being was higher in early adults and level of Guilt was higher in Late Adults. Counsellors, practitioners, parents, researchers and students can take benefit from these findings by keeping it under consideration while planning.