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| Published: August 10, 2022
Gratitude, Life Satisfaction and General Well Being in Young Adults
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.003.20221003
DOI: 10.25215/1003.003
ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted to examine the gratitude, life satisfaction and general well-being among young adults during COVID 19 Pandemic. A sample of 405 young adults drawn from the study by means of convenience sampling method were used. The gratitude of participants was assessed using gratitude questionnaire-6 (GQ-6). Life satisfaction of the participants was assessed using Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The general well-being of participants was assessed using the Post Graduate Institute General Well-Being Measure (PGI-GWBM). The significance of the hypotheses was analyzed using Spearman correlation coefficient analysis, Mann-Whitney U test. Results revealed that general well-being was positively correlated with both gratitude and life satisfaction. Furthermore, gratitude showed a significant difference between males and females. It was found out that females had a higher level of gratitude when compared with males, studies show that females are more likely to be grateful with life than males.
Keywords
Gratitude, Life Satisfaction, General Well-Being, Pandemic, Covid-19
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2022, Saji A.& Simon S.
Received: May 11, 2022; Revision Received: August 05, 2022; Accepted: August 10, 2022
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.003.20221003
10.25215/1003.003
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Published in Volume 10, Issue 3, July-September, 2022