Title: Psychological well-being, resilience, stress and demographic factors: a study among undergraduate students during online mode of education in India

Authors: Asha Binu Raj; Pallawi Ambreesh Kumar; Nityanand Tripathi

Addresses: Department of Human Resource Management and Soft Skills, ICFAI Business School (IBS), ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), (Deemed to be University u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Donthanapally Campus, Shankarpally Road, Hyderabad – 501203, Telangana, India ' Department of Business Administration, Patna Women's College-Autonomous, Patna University, Patna-800001, Bihar, India ' Department of Finance, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), (Deemed to be University u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Donthanapally Campus, Shankarpally Road, Hyderabad – 501203, Telangana, India

Abstract: The present study aims to analyse the interaction between resilience, psychological well-being and stress among the undergraduate management students in India during the online mode of education. Study indicates that resilience is positively correlated with psychological well-being but negatively correlated with stress. Findings show that students of different educational institutions, gender and age groups experience similar levels of stress, but the resilience and psychological well-being experienced by them differ based on various demographic variables such as type of educational institution, gender and age group. Scholars can further analyse other dimensions of well-being; as well as conduct comparative studies in pandemic and non-pandemic contexts. The paper will facilitate educational institutions to implement well-being and resilience strategies to help students to manage stress and be more resilient. The paper also provides social implications to parents and other stakeholders so as to facilitate support and guidance needed to manage well-being among the students.

Keywords: stress; resilience; psychological well-being; demographic factors; age; gender; educational institution; online education; COVID-19; students; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2023.134104

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2023 Vol.16 No.4, pp.449 - 466

Received: 28 Jul 2021
Accepted: 05 Nov 2022
Published online: 11 Oct 2023 *

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