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Forgiveness and Happiness Among Young Adults
Author(s):
Farheen Mehboob
Designation:
Counceller
Country:
India
Abstract:
Forgiveness is a conscious decision and it helps us to release the feeling of anger and resentment toward a person or a group who has ever hurt or harmed you. Forgiveness is a mixture of behaviour, cognition and affect. By holding grudges against the offender, you are the one who is poisoning your mind and soul. Forgiving is a good habit and it will help you to become happier, healthier and more empathetic towards others. The purpose of this research is to find out the level of forgiveness and the level of happiness and the research is also being done to find out the impact of forgiveness on happiness among young adults. The sample consisted of 120 participants the participants are divided into two groups: male and female and their age ranges from 18 to 25 years and all must be educated and resides only in Delhi NCR. There are two variables in this research first one is an independent variable which is forgiveness and the second one is dependent variable which is happiness. After calculating the results, it was found that most of the males scored average scores in Heartland Forgiveness Scale which means that they are likely to forgive and most of them were feeling happy according to Subjective Happiness Scale on the other hand female participants also scored average scores in terms of forgiveness which means that they are also likely to forgive and half of them were feeling happy but half of them were unhappy also. In second table t-test results were indicated that there is no significant difference of forgiveness on happiness among male and female as the final result is non-significant. In third table regression results were indicated that there is a significant relationship between forgiveness and happiness among male and female participants. In fourth table results indicated the relationship between the two variables is non-significant among male participants and on the other hand the relationship between the two variables is significant among female participants.
Keywords:
Forgiveness, Happiness, Young Adults, Gender Differences, Relationship
Domain:
Psychology
Published In:
Volume 1, Issue 1 (July-August 2024)
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Citation:
Forgiveness and Happiness Among Young Adults - Farheen Mehboob - GJMS Volume 1, Issue 1, July-August 2024, DOI - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13376865
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