Page No.31-38
Neerpal Rathi and Renu Rastogi
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
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This study examined meaning in life and psychological well-being in male and
female students of pre- adolescence and adolescence periods. A total of 104 students
were randomly selected from various schools. Of these, 54 students were from
class 12 and 50 students from class 9. Two questionnaires, one Personal Meaning
Profile (PMP) by Wong and another Well-Being Manifestation Measure Scale
(WBMMS) by Masse et al. were administered on the subjects. It was hypothesized
that there will be significant differences in the perception of life as meaningful and
psychological well-being of different groups of students. t-test was applied to analyze
the data. Besides discussing the results, applied aspects of a meaningful life and
psychological well-being are also discussed
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