Psychological  well-being among  boarding secondary school  students in Uganda

Oluka, Robert; Orach-Meza, Faustino L.; Sessanga, Joyce Bukirwa

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dc.contributor.author	Oluka, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Orach-Meza, Faustino L.
dc.contributor.author	Sessanga, Joyce Bukirwa
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-08T11:11:05Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-08T11:11:05Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02
dc.identifier.issn	2347-9321
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/84
dc.description	These findings could be used by education policy makers and implementers for improvement of the students’ psychological well-being among adolescents in secondary school.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Psychological well-being issues have increased among students in today’s contemporary world as compared to the older generation. Promoting psychological well-being and protecting students in boarding secondary schools from adverse experiences and risk factors that may impact their potential to thrive are critical for their well-being during adolescence and for their physical and mental health in adulthood. This study examined the psychological well-being of boarding secondary school students in Uganda. Data for this study was elucidated through the use of Ryff’s Scale of Psychological Well-being. This study employed a descriptive cross-sec tional study design using a mixed methods approach, during which quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses were conducted separately yet concurrently to gain detailed results. After excluding students with incomplete questionnaires, the final analysed sample consisted of 617 students; the participation rate was 89.4% with complete data obtained through questionnaire ad ministration. Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, and means) and inferential statistics (Analysis of Variance; ANOVA) were used to analyse quantitative data while qualitative data obtained through interviews were analysed thematically. The study re vealed that a majority (89.0 %) of the participants had moderate psychological well-being with the overall psychological well-being mean score (M = 3.98, SD = 0.21) and 11.0% reported low psychological well-being with non in the high psychological well-being category. Results from interview revealed that the lower level of psychological well-being was due to the influence of the demanding school academic programs.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Researchjournali’s journal of education	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Volume 3;No. 5
dc.subject	Psychological well-being	en_US
dc.subject	Boarding secondary school	en_US
dc.subject	Students	en_US
dc.title	Psychological well-being among boarding secondary school students in Uganda	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US