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Assessment of gratitude and well-being and their relationship: influence of select demographic variables
VI SS Student, St. Philomena’s College, Bannimantap, Mysuru, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant professor, Dept. of Social Work, St. Philomena’s College, Bannimantap, Mysuru, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Associate Professor of Psychology, Maharaja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.184/20200803
DOI: 10.25215/0803.184
ABSTRACT
Gratitude is the appreciation of what is valuable and meaningful to oneself and represents a general state of thankfulness and/or appreciation. Wellness refers to diverse and interconnected dimensions of physical, mental, and social well-being that extend beyond the traditional definition of health. Wellness has been an area of interest in the field of research for a long time. The present study explores the extent of gratitude and well-being among the selected sample and to find out the relationship between gratitude and well-being. The sample consisted of 396 respondents, of which 202 were aged 16-25 and 193 samples aged 26-40. Their statuses being student, employed and unemployed samples. The scales used to measure gratitude and well-being are the Gratitude Questionnaire-six item form (GQ-6, McCullough, Emmons, & Tsang, 2002) and Well-being Index by WHO (1998). The data was analyzed using chi-square test, product moment correlation, Independent samples t test and one-way ANOVA. The results revealed that majority of the sample had low gratitude and wellbeing. There was a positive correlation between gratitude and well-being. Respondents in the age group of 16-25 years had higher gratitude scores than respondents in the age group of 26-40 years. Students had higher gratitude scores, followed employed samples and unemployed respondents had least gratitude. In wellbeing, unemployed samples had higher well-being, followed by employed samples and students had least well-being.
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© 2020, Aliya W. K., Aliya A. & D’Souza L.;
Received: August 29, 2020; Revision Received: September 22, 2020; Accepted: September 27, 2020
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.184/20200803
10.25215/0803.184
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Published in Volume 08, Issue 3, July-September, 2020