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Ujjwal Sharma, Aneesha Kour, Manasvee Chowdhary, Abia Gupta,
Saloni Manhas, Sneha Raina and Sahani Choudhary
Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu
Mental health is intricately linked to academic factors. However, the complex
relationships between academic motivation, performance, and mental health in college
students are unclear, and there is an evident lack of studies addressing these facets
alongside key aspects such as self-esteem and personality traits. Understanding this
is paramount in predicting one’s life outcomes, such as academic achievement and
overall mental health. This study aims to shed light on the intrinsic relationship between
mental health and academic outcomes, underscoring the need for comprehensive support
systems to promote academic success and well-being among college students.
Participants consisted of 200 female college students (19.27y ± 0.87) recruited through
convenience sampling. Data were collected using standardised measures: Academic
Motivation Scale, Big Five Inventory, Psychological Well-Being Scale, Self-Esteem
Scale, and Academic Performance Scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation,
multiple linear regression, and factorial ANOVA were used for statistical analysis. Self
esteem, Personality traits such as Conscientiousness and Agreeableness as well as
Psychological Well-being of the student, were found to have a significant correlation
with Academic Motivation and Performance (p < .01). Psychological well-being (p =
.001) and Conscientiousness (p < .001) were found to be better predictors of academic
performance. In addition, demographic factors such as Area of Primary Residence (p =
.044) and Father’s Education (p = .001) were found to significantly affect Academic
performance and Motivation respectively. This study extends the current literature by
investigating the multi-faceted relationships between mental health, academic outcomes,
self-esteem, and personality characteristics