Gratitude Expression, Helping Behaviour and Psychosocial Wellbeing Among Adolescent Students in Kerala

Abstract

The present study highlighted tenants from positive psychology and proposed the predictive relationship of gratitude and helping behaviour on psychosocial well-being among adolescent students. For this purpose, a sample of (N=60) adolescents, (n=30) boys and (n=30) girls studying in government and private educational institutions of Kerala was selected. The Gratitude Questionnaire (McCullough, 2013), Helping Attitude Scale (Nickell, 1998), and Flourishing Scale (Diener and Biswas-Diener, 2009) were used. Pearson product moment correlational analysis was employed, that revealed a significant positive correlation among the study variables. Regression analysis showed that gratitude predicted psychosocial well-being whereas helping behaviour did not predicted among adolescents. Findings revealed the inevitability for enhancing the psychosocial wellbeing among adolescents. Further comprehensive exploration of psychosocial wellbeing will bring new insights of other predictors which are not studied in the present study.