Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Gopa Bhardwaj ¹, Majed M. Al-Ali ², Ajai Pratap Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
2 Ministry of Education, State of Kuwait, IN
3 Department of Applied Psychology, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, UP, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted in State of Kuwait and Republic of India as a cross cultural study in order to study relationship between depression and self esteem, optimism, and stress. The present study was administrated on adolescent secondary school students from Kuwait and India (150 males&150 females). The results indicated that there are differences between genders for some variables irrespective of the country. Results showed a significant negative relationship between depression with self esteem, and optimism, but positive correlation with stress. Stepwise regression showed that self esteem, stress, and optimism as predictors of depression in Kuwait environment, however in India the results showed that only stress and self esteem are the predictors.

Keywords

Depression, Self Esteem, Optimism, Stress, Adolescent

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Pratyush Kumar Srivastava ¹, Ajai Pratap Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Subjective well-being (SWB) as a psychological construct is a relatively new field of positive psychology. This study sought to explore the effect of personality variables on the components of subjective well-being. Personality variables were optimism and self-esteem. This study is based on a sample of 400 trainees under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. They responded in Hindi to Global Life Satisfaction Scale, Contentment Scale, scale of positive and negative experiences, Optimism Scale and Self-esteem Scale. ANOVAs result indicates that optimism and self-esteem have significant effect on global life satisfaction, positive and negative affect while self-esteem has significant effect on contentment. The results have implications for enhancing subjective wellbeing among specific groups.

Keywords

Optimism, Self-Esteem, Subjective Well-Being.

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