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1 Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8, No 10 (2017), Pagination: 1184-1186
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to explore how happiness is influenced by mindfulness, belief in personal control and gratitude. Students of Savitribai Phule Pune University (n=100) with age group ranging from 21-30 years administered Oxford Happiness Questionnaire by Hills and Argyle; Five Facet Mindfullness Questionnaire by Baer; Belief in Personal Control Scale (BPCS) by Berrenberg and the Gratitude Questionnarre-6 (GQ-6) by McCullough. The association between the variables was tested by pearson product moment correlation and the best predictors of happiness were predicted by step-wise regression analysis. Results showed positive significant correlation between mindfulness, belief in personal control, gratitude and happiness; gratitude (36%) and mindfulness(13%) were found to be the best predictors of happiness.
Keywords
Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Belief in Personal Control Scale.
