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| Published: September 11, 2021
A Study on Altruism and Subjective Well-Being among Emerging Adults
Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.126.20210903
DOI: 10.25215/0903.126
ABSTRACT
Being altruistic is one of the basic human traits but not exhibited by all, it has the capacity to transform the life of the people. The study aimed to explore whether being altruistic and perceived subjective well-being of emerging adults are related and also to find whether gender difference exist in the research variables. The participants consisted of 200 male and female undergraduate College students. Data were analysed using Karl Pearson’s correlation. Results of the study indicated that there exists a significant relationship between altruism and Subjective Well-being. The study also revealed that the emerging adult did not differ based on gender on Subjective Well-being. Also, they differ based on gender on altruism.
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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.
© 2021, Jeya Bala P, Maria Sneha S, Prizila S, Priya Dharshini S, A. Antony Rose Rashmi & J. Irin Jeya Sheela
Received: July 07, 2021; Revision Received: September 01, 2021; Accepted: September 11, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.126.20210903
10.25215/0903.126
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021