Gender, Number of Attempts and Social Media Usage as Correlates of Wellbeing among Civil Service Aspirants

Madiha Fatima; Madhurima Pradhan

Gender, Number of Attempts and Social Media Usage as Correlates of Wellbeing among Civil Service Aspirants

Author(s)	Madiha Fatima, Madhurima Pradhan
Country	India
Abstract	Approximately 06 lakh students appear for Civil Service Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission every year in India (BYJU’S 2023). The long term preparation, lengthy syllabus, undefined pattern of the exam and cut throat competition for this exam takes a toll on student’s overall wellbeing. The present study focuses on exploring the status of different dimension of wellbeing: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual of civil service aspirants. In addition an attempt has also been made to find out the impact of gender, attempts of the exam and social media usage on wellbeing. Well-Being Scale by Singh and Gupta (2001) was used to measure wellbeing. The details of number of attempts, social media usage and gender was collected through personal data questionnaire. The sample of the study comprised of 89 participants who were preparing for civil service examination. Most of the aspirants were found to be average level in terms of overall wellbeing. There was no significant impact of gender on dimensions of wellbeing. A negative impact of social media usage on mental wellbeing of civil service aspirants was found. In addition, the social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of those respondents who had taken more than two attempts was found to be lower than those who have taken one or two attempts. Mental wellbeing was found to be positively correlated with social and emotional wellbeing which provides an evidence for studying the construct of wellbeing of civil service aspirants in holistic terms. The study has implications for the need for intervention to sustain the wellbeing of civil service aspirants and making them familiar with the techniques for digital detox.
Keywords	Wellbeing, Social Media Use, Number of Exam Attempts, Gender
Field	Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024
Published On	2024-07-26
Cite This	Gender, Number of Attempts and Social Media Usage as Correlates of Wellbeing among Civil Service Aspirants - Madiha Fatima, Madhurima Pradhan - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024.

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