Methods: The present study used a descriptive design to accomplish the objectives. 100 adolescents both boys and girls were selected using simple random sampling. They were assessed for psychosocial wellbeing and its influencing factors using self developed psychosocial wellbeing scale and response scale respectively. The reliability of the tool was tested by using Cronbach’s alpha method. For the psychosocial wellbeing scale the reliability was (r =0.84; p<0.05) and for the response scale it was (r =0.82; p< 0.05). Data was collected from the students who were studying in 8-10th standard from a selected English medium school at Trivandrum. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The findings revealed that majority (70%) of the samples had high level of psychosocial wellbeing, about 30% of them had moderate level of psychosocial wellbeing and zero percent had very poor level of psychosocial wellbeing. The overall mean percentage for psychosocial wellbeing was 75.58% with mean ±SD of 113.37±11.532. Findings pertaining to the factors influencing psychosocial wellbeing, about 94% influences positively and 6% negatively. Chi- square test was computed to find the association which showed a significant association between the status of psychosocial wellbeing and the religion. Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to find the correlation which showed there was a positive correlation (r = 0.574) between the status and factors influencing psychosocial wellbeing. Interpretation and Conclusion: Overall the study observes that, the adolescents possess an optimal wellbeing, in spite of the positive and negative impact of the factors. It was also found that, the factors are positively related to the psychosocial wellbeing of the adolescent which suggest that an adolescent boy or girl can function optimally only when they are provided with necessary requirements for the physical and mental growth.

 

Keywords: Psychosocial Wellbeing; Adolescents; High School; Urban Area.