Effects of Resilience and Gratitude on Psychological Well-being among Young Adults

Abstract

To investigate the effect of resilience and gratitude on psychological well-being among young adults. It is a cross-sectional quantitative type of research in which correlation coefficient and t-test are used to analyze the study variables. Study was conducted in different colleges and universities of Hyderabad and Jamshoro Cities of Sindh Province during the period of Nov 2021-March 2022. The sample of the study was young adults of colleges and universities of Hyderabad and Jamshoro with age range of 18-23 years. Sample was drawn by using simple random technique. The total number of participants were 200 (100 males 100 females). Three questionnaires were administered on the participants to collect data. For Resilience 14-items Resilience scale was used Fir gratitude The Gratitude Scale (GS-6) was used and for psychological well-being Psychological Well-being Scale (PWS) was used. Results of present study indicated that there is significant positive relationship between resilience and psychological well-being as well as gratitude and psychological well-being. There is significant gender difference found in the scores of all three variables. Females scored high on resilience gratitude and psychological well-being as compared to males. Current study concluded that there is significant effect of resilience and gratitude on psychological well-being of young adults of Hyderabad and Jamshoro Cities.