Impact of Loneliness and Academic Stress on Psychological Well Being among College Students

In this study relationship among loneliness, academic stress and psychological well being was measures among a sample of 165 students (67 males and 98 females) of first year selected by simple cluster sampling strategy. The participants were selected from two major colleges of Jalal PurJattan, Gujrat. The age range of respondents was 15-19 (M=16.4 and SD =0.9). The respondents gave responses on the three questionnaires developed by researchers based on literature review. Four measures, questionnaire to measure loneliness, questionnaire to measure academic stress, questionnaire to measure psychological well being were used including demographical profile. For the interpretation of results descriptive statistics, correlation, multiple stepwise regression analysis and t- test were used. The results showed significant correlation among loneliness, academic stress, and psychological well being. Loneliness, academic stress and family income were identified as the predictor of psychological well being. There were found no significant differences among male and female students. It was concluded that loneliness and academic stress were significantly negatively correlated with psychological well being and loneliness and academic stress were significantly positively correlated. Loneliness, academic stress, and family income of students play the role of indicators for psychological well being of students. The implications and the limitations of the study are discussed.