BEYOND STRESS AND COPING: INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELLNESS IN INDIAN EMERGING ADULTS

A multifaceted notion that encompasses the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial spheres, wellness has grown in importance in modern psychology. Wellness research has historically focused on stress and coping strategies, but more recent work highlights the importance of environmental and interpersonal resources especially perceived social support in promoting holistic well-being. A crucial setting for analysing these dynamics is emerging adulthood, a developmental stage characterised by identity exploration, instability, and increased psychosocial demands. Overall wellness may be significantly influenced by perceived support from family, friends, and significant others in India, where collectivistic cultural norms and quickly changing socioeconomic realities collide. By examining the impact of perceived social support on multidimensional wellness among Indian emerging adults, the current study aims to go "beyond stress and coping." Participants between the ages of 18 and 25 were evaluated on standardised measures of perceived social support and wellness across a number of categories using a quantitative, cross-sectional methodology. In addition to examining potential domain-specific impacts, the study seeks to determine the direction and degree of correlations between these variables. With complex ramifications for both financial and physical wellness, the results should show that more perceived social support strongly predicts greater wellness across emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions. By placing wellness within the sociocultural realities of Indian youth, this study adds to the expanding body of literature by providing a culturally sensitive viewpoint that connects personal coping mechanisms with social resources. The study also emphasises how crucial it is to create networks of support within peer groups, families, and institutions in order to improve development as a whole.