A study to explore the relationship between Gratitude in Daily Life and Self Esteem among young adults
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Gratitude as expressed by an individual can be seen both as a dispositional trait and even as an emotion. It helps man to see positive life events as more positive and negative life events as seemingly less traumatic. Studies over time have clearly revealed the significance of gratitude to foster life satisfaction, optimism, physical and psychological well-being, etc. These different indicators on the other hand also play a pivotal role in boosting the self-esteem in an individual. This study therefore aims at exploring if there exists any relation between the degree of gratitude carried by an individual and the quantum of self-esteem in the individual.Methods: The method used was survey. Young adults between the age bands of 18-22 years were randomly chosen for the study. Rosenberg's scale for self-esteem and Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test for measuring Gratitude were used as tools. Results: Results of the present study suggest that there is a significant and positive correlation between self-esteem of a young adult and 2 of the 4 measured aspects of gratitude like ‘Simple Appreciation’ factor and ‘Appreciation for Others’ factor. The correlations are however of low strength indicating that these two variables are less influenced by each other and may therefore have other unexamined strong correlates.Conclusions: Gratitude in daily life and self esteem in young adults may not influence each other. Further studies are needed to explore the relationship between these variables.
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Jyoti Mariam Jacob, Arpita Sarkar
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.5.1.2018.153-158
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