Abstract

The Emotional well-being of adolescents is related with both personal and social factors that are shaped by everyday experiences as they grow and develop. Emotional well-being is influenced by the self-concept which includes behavioral problems during adolescence for e.g. body dissatisfaction is common among adolescents and is regarded as a result for low self-esteem, decreased emotional well-being and increased the chances for depression. The majority of the research supports the idea that strong attachments to parents during early childhood and adolescence are associated with positive self-perceptions, such as high levels of self-esteem and self-efficacy. Peer groups are very important during developmental phases as they mold the wide range of adolescent outcomes including academics performance, psychological well-being and social functioning. But at the same time, peer pressure could bring hindrance in ones’ life that may lead to distractive or productive results. Many researches on the relationship between psychological well-being and use of Internet has found that daily use of Internet is one of the reason of low level of well-being. There are enormous factors that affect the developmental phases of adolescents and there is a need to identify and resolve them for better future of adolescents. This study focused to identify such issues that affect emotional well-being of Adolescents. Questionnaires were prepared for 490 Students and 52 School Counselors to gauge the issues affecting Emotional well-being from their perspectives. The findings of the study highlighted various issues affecting Emotional Well-being of adolescents like academic performance, peer relationship, social media etc.