AUTHOR=Ratra Dhriti , Singh Kamlesh 

TITLE=Personal wellbeing among adolescents and youth in India

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.914152

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.914152

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>This study sought to explore the level of personal wellbeing and identified the determinants of happiness among Indian adolescents and youth. Data were collected from a sample of 495 participants (aged 11–23 years) residing in the National Capital Region of Delhi (Delhi-NCR), using the bilingual version (Hindi and English) of the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI). Their PWI score was 80.06, indicating high happiness levels in the nonwestern normative PWI range. Domains of <italic>personal relationship</italic>s, <italic>community connectedness</italic>, and <italic>safety</italic> represented high overall wellbeing with the highest mean scores. Multivariate analysis showed that the least happy group on <italic>life as a whole</italic> domain was students aged 19–23 years as compared with the 11–14 and 15–18 years age group. Furthermore, men had higher happiness levels on <italic>personal safety</italic>, while women had higher scores on <italic>life achievement</italic>. The qualitative analysis illustrated the socio-cultural basis of these wellbeing determinants as rooted in the hierarchical social structures and collectivistic cultural orientation.</p>