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| Published: March 25, 2016

Spirituality Leads to Happiness: A Correlative Study

Sadhna kumari Sharma ,

Guest faculty in psychology dept. of Mohanlal Sukhadiya University, Udaipur Google Scholar More about the auther

O. P. Sharma

Associate Professor In Psychology Dept. Of University Of Rajasthan , Jaipur Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.177/20160302

DOI: 10.25215/0302.177

ABSTRACT

Spirituality and happiness both are very important concept of a human life. In spirituality person relate himself or herself to a more broader than himself/ herself and also make able to find a meaning or purpose of life this process also make him/her happy and satisfied in life. The present study is aimed to find the correlation between these two important concepts of human life spirituality and happiness. The SHS questionnaire of Lubomirsky and Leeper to measure happiness and DSES scale developed by Underwood are used in this study. Cluster sample of 100 (25 to 30 years) were selected from Udaipur city. Pearson Product Moment Correlation method was used to compute correlation coefficient between the scores of SHS and DSES. Results of this study showed that there is a positive high correlation between spirituality and happiness.

Keywords

Spirituality, Happiness

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How to cite this article:

S Sharma, O Sharma. (2016). Spirituality Leads to Happiness: A Correlative Study. International Journal of Indian Psychology 3 (2), DOI: 10.25215/0302.177, DIP: 18.01.177/20160302