PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SELF-CARE AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS OF WORLD CITI COLLEGES

Abstract

"This study aims to provide an understanding of the psychological well-being and self-care of the Psychology students from World Citi Colleges, primarily during the ongoing COVID 19 Pandemic. The main source of data came primarily from the students of Psychology of the World Citi Colleges from first year to fourth year whose age ranges from 17- 30 years old of the Academic Year 2020-2021. Two sets of instruments were utilized in this study; the validated questionnaire of the Six Factor Model of Psychological Well- Being by Carol Ryff which consist of 18 items with 7 point scale that will measure the level of psychological well- being of respondents in terms of self-acceptance, environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, positive relations and autonomy and the self -made questionnaire derived from Seligman’s theory which was validated by experts to determine how the respondents’ maintain self-care amidst pandemic. This points five factors in leading to self- care are positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishments. Findings of the study revealed that students are considered to be high on psychological well-being in terms of personal growth. On the other five psychological well-being, Self-Acceptance, environmental mastery, purpose in life, positive relations and autonomy, the respondents are considered to be moderate on well-being. In an over-all view, students are moderately practicing self -care on all areas of consideration. However, highest among the self-care considered is on accomplishments, followed by relationships, meaning, positive emotions and engagement. Based on the results, The null hypothesis was rejected, there exists significant negative low correlation between psychological well- being and self-care (r value = -0.440; p-value = 0.01). The overall findings of this study indicated that the self-care has a significant relationship to their psychological well-being. This means that as psychological well- being increases, the self-care of the students decreases."