RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

The Present study tries to examine the relationship between Psychological Wellbeing and academic achievement of Undergraduate level students in Paschim Medinipur district In West Bengal. Information was collected from undergraduate students studying in College level by administering adopted Bengali version standardised questionnaire. Psychological wellbeing is measured by Psychological Wellbeing Tool by Ryff (1989) with 18 items ( Seven point scale) covering Environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life and self acceptance. Academic achievement of college students is measured based on cumulative grade Point Average (CGPA). Purposive sampling procedure was used to collection of requisite data. For analysing the data, Mean, SD, Correlation was used as statistical techniques. Result of the study shows that there is positive correlation exists between Psychological wellbeing and academic achievement but not significant. This study also showed that no significant difference found between Boys and Girls, APL and BPL, general and others under graduate student in terms of psychological wellbeing.