Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being of the Students- An Exploratory Study

Abstract

In the last decade, the discipline of positive psychology has developed a substantial number of interventions, focused on identification and understanding of human strengths and virtues to increase student’s well-being. There is evidence that interventions based on practicing positive psychological virtues like, gratitude may enhance subjective well-being of the students. With this background, the study attempted to explore the positive human virtues like gratitude and the subjective well-being of the students and the association of Gratitude and their Subjective Well-being. A total of 110 undergraduate and postgraduate students from different courses between the ages of 18 to 25 years of both genders were selected as samples from different educational institutions of West Bengal employing convenience sampling approach. In terms of the relationship between gratitude and subjective well-being, it has been found that both the variables are positively correlated in a significant way. Gratitude and Subjective well-being in the participants are positively correlated with each other in a statistically significant way. So, by practicing this kind of positive psychological virtues, one’s subjective wellbeing will be enhanced and it helps to live happier and more productive lives.