Academic Well-Being Among Undergraduate Students of West Bengal

Background: Academic well-being is a type of well-being. It refers to proper time management, willingness and interest in studying, low examination anxiety by students. Academic well-being is important because it is the indicator of academic adjustment and success of the students.

Objective: To find out whether there is any difference in Academic Wellbeing among college students of West Bengal due to gender and Locality of Residence.

Method: The survey-based descriptive research method was adopted for this study. The present study was carried out on a sample of 688 (male-236 and female-452) undergraduate students. Sample was drawn from multiple districts and colleges of West Bengal by employing a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using Majumder-Banerjee self-constructed Academic Wellbeing scale, and analysis was done by calculating Mean, SD, t-test and two-way ANOVA for the study.

Results: There were no gender related differences found in academic well-being (p >. 643) or place of residence (p >. 357). The interaction effect for gender and locality was also non-significant (p >. 877).

Conclusion: Other environmental and psychological factors inhibit the academic well-being of undergraduate students in West Bengal, as gender and locality do not play a significant role.