The Psychological Well-Being of Male and Female Students in Tunisia Using the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being

Abstract

The paper aimed to identify the nature and most important psychological problems suffered by young university students and to identify gender differences in psychological problems. The objective of this study was to investigate the difference in the psychological well-being of male and female Tunisian undergraduate students. In this research, 300 students (150 male and 150 female students) from three Tunisian universities were included as the study sample. Data was collected using the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being. T-test was used to find the difference in psychological well-being between male and female students. The results of the study showed that there is a significant difference between males and females in all measures of the multiple facets of psychological well-being.