The Pursuit of Well-being for University Students in India

Concept, Theory and Measurement
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-34836-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book details the concept, theory, and measurement of ‘Human Wellbeing’, in general with a focus on university students in India. It investigates the experiences and correlates of well-being of Indian undergraduate students with the aim of enabling policy makers to plan and implement policies in the pursuit of better quality of university life for students.

The book analyses the status and experience of well-being of university students in a holistic manner by studying the various dimensions of their wellbeing. It identifies the areas of deficiency and arrests the issues of unrests faced by them. The framework encompasses six dimensions of student wellbeing namely educational wellbeing, perceived economic wellbeing, health wellbeing, social wellbeing, wellbeing in personal domain and factors contributing to psychological distress (a negative indicator). It examines the differences in the status of wellbeing with respect to their gender, place of origin, and the social groups they belong to. It proposes recommendations to strengthen their wellbeing and presents a roadmap suggesting further scope of research in this area.

This volume will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, social psychology, sociology, mental health and wellbeing and economic psychology. It will also be useful to policymakers, counsellors, psychologists, academicians, and those interested in well-being in general.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prasad, Narayan

Arora, Niti

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Concept, Theory and Measurement of Human Wellbeing: An Overview  1. Human Wellbeing: Concept and Theory  2. Measurement approaches to Human Wellbeing  PART II: University Students’ Wellbeing: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework  3. Youth Wellbeing: A Global Perspective  4. Research Methodology Framework  PART III: Measurement of University Students’ Wellbeing  5. Educational Wellbeing  6. Perceived Economic Wellbeing  7. Health Wellbeing: Physical & Psychological Health  8. Social Connectedness and Personal-Choice Domain  9. Overall Well Being of University Students  PART IV: Conclusion and Discussion  10. Summary, Findings and Recommendations References

Über Autor(innen)

Narayan Prasad has been Professor of Economics in the School of Social Sciences. Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, since 2006. He has also worked as the Director of Research Unit and the Director of the Academic Coordination Division of the same. He has designed and developed research methodology courses for MPhil and PhD students (21 students have been awarded PhD degrees under his supervision), has published Six books and has presented and published research papers in several international and national forums. He has delivered lectures in New York, Washington and Los Angeles, amongst others, and has also been invited to deliver lectures on various aspects of research methodology including on Knowledge Generation in West and Bharat: Philosophical Perspectives by various universities in India. His areas of research interest are: Human Well-being, Human Development, Spiritual Economics and philosophical foundation of Economics.

Niti Arora is an Associate Professor of Economics at Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi. She holds an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Economics from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and is an alumna of Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She has presented and published research papers in numerous national and international conference proceedings and has been actively involved in research projects. She regularly contributes to academic discourse as a coordinator, moderator and panelist at seminars and conferences. Her academic interests include Behavioural Economics, Development Economics and Human Development.