INFLUENCE OF AGENCY AND COMMUNION ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN OWERRI MUNICIPAL
This study investigated the influence of agency and communion on the psychological wellbeing of young people in Owerri Municipal. Two hundred and fifty (250) participants comprising 106 males and 144 females were selected through convenience sampling technique from schools and residential areas in Owerri municipal Imo state. Their ages ranged from 18-30 years, with a mean age of 22.37 years. The participants were administered with the Index of Agency and Communion scale (IAC), developed by the researcher and Psychological Wellbeing scale (PWB), constructed by Ryff (1989). Three hypotheses were postulated and tested. Cross-sectional survey design and 2-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were adopted as the design and statistic respectively. Results showed that there is a significant influence of agency on psychological wellbeing of young people in Owerri municipal and that communion has no significant influence on psychological wellbeing. It also found that agency and communion has a significant interaction effect on psychological wellbeing. It is therefore recommended that individuals reinforce and develop their agentic and communal tendencies and traits in other to improve their psychological wellbeing.