The Role of Time Management and Sense of Belonging on Students’ Psychological Well-Being

This research intent on determining the influence of time management and sense of belonging on the psychological well-being of students. A quantitative-correlational approach was used for this research, involving 269 respondents from the senior high school students of Lorenzo S. Sarmiento Sr. National High School. The statistical techniques applied in this study included the average weighted mean, Spearman's rho, and multiple regression analysis. The main objective of the study was to assess the levels of time management, sense of belonging, and students' psychological well-being through their respective indicators, explore the significant connections between time management, sense of belonging, and students' psychological well-being, and identify which domains of time management and sense of belonging notably affect students' psychological well-being. The findings indicated that the level of time management was very high, the level of sense of belonging was high, and the level of psychological well-being among students was very high. Furthermore, a significant relationship existed between time management, sense of belonging, and psychological well-being, with one out of three domains of time management and also two out of three domains of sense of belonging influence students' psychological well-being. Therefore, it was concluded that effective time management and a stronger sense of belonging were closely associated with improved psychological well-being.