Psychological Well-Being In Relation To Cognitive Style Of Student Teachers

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship of Psychological Well-being and Cognitive Style of student teachers studying in Colleges of Education in Chennai District.  Normative survey method is used for collection information from the respondents. Stratified Random sampling method is used to select the sample of the study. Psychological Well-being Scale developed and validated by Riffs (2011) and Cognitive Style inventory developed by Dr.Praveen Kumar Jha were used.  Pearson Product Moment correlation and ‘t’ test was used to analyze the data. Results revealed that there is significant relationship between Cognitive Style  and Psychological Well-being.  It is found that there is no significant difference in Cognitive Style with respect to gender and medium of instruction.  In Psychological Well-being, significant difference is found based on gender and medium of instruction where male student teachers excel in Psychological Well-being and student teachers studying in Tamil medium have better Psychological Well-being.