Effect of Creativity on Happiness in Hearing Impaired Adolescents

Indicators and predictors of adolescent’s mental health are essentially connected with not only the present but future health and health-related behaviors also (Galambos & Costigan, 2003). One of the factors that can have a considerable effect on individual’s well-being is his/her creative side. Creativity allows an individual to put down his/her thoughts and experiences in a constructive manner. Putting one’s emotions and thoughts in a creative manner where one can express without words helps hearing impaired individuals to have an inner satisfaction resulting in subjective happiness. The present study investigated the effect of creativity on happiness among hearing impaired adolescents studying and living in special hearing-impaired school (Patiala school of Hearing impaired and Blind, Saifdipur) in Patiala district. 55 hearing impaired adolescents filled the questionnaires; out of which 35 adolescents were further selected on the basis on high and low creativity scores. Their age ranged from 12-19 years. The study revealed how creativity can impact factors like positive effect, life satisfaction and interpersonal relationships which can play an imperative role in determining the happiness in hearing impaired adolescents.