The Leisure Time Activities and Its Impact on...

The Leisure Time Activities and Its Impact on the Psychological Wellbeing Among Nursing Students

Author Name : Mrs. Savitha K, Mrs. Sudha Anbalagan

ABSTRACT

Background: Adolescence is a time of transition from childhood to adulthood, involving biological, cognitive, psychological and social changes. Leisure time activities can play an important role during the transition from childhood to adulthood. Many studies have identified the relationship between the leisure time activities and psychological wellbeing. Spending the leisure time by the nursing students will promote their academic achievement as well as enhance their psychological wellbeing, in order to cope up with the stressful programme.

Aims: To assess the impact of leisure time on the psychological wellbeing of adolescents stayed in Thirumathi Sigappi Achi nursing student’s hostel, Annamalai University, at Chidambaram.

Methodology: Non-experimental descriptive design was used. The Sample size was 50 B.Sc nursing students. 25 students per day were selected by convenience sampling technique. Structured questionnaire used to assess the leisure time activities and the five-point scale of Warwick Edinburgh psychological wellbeing scale developed by Ruth fish wick and Louis Hiller used for psychological wellbeing.

Results: Almost 92% of adolescent girls had 2-4 hours of leisure time from Monday to Saturday in a week among 50 B.Sc nursing second year students. In regards to psychological wellbeing, 30% of the study participants were scored above 50 indicated good psychological well-being, 68% of them were scored 40-60 indicated moderate psychological wellbeing and only 2% of the study participants were scored <40 indicated poor psychological wellbeing. There was significant association of leisure time activities with number of siblings and psychological wellbeing.

Conclusion: The present study was assessed the impact of the leisure time activities on the psychological well-being of adolescents. The study results revealed that most of the adolescents had 2-4 hours of leisure time per day and there was a significant relationship between the leisure time activities and psychological well-being of adolescents. In order to use the leisure time in an effective way by adolescents should provide a model on the effective use of Leisure time.

Key words: Leisure Time, Student, Activities, Impact, Psychological Wellbeing.