Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Nilesh Thakre ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai, IN

Abstract

Hope and life satisfaction plays a significant role for development of youth. The objective of the present study is to understand nature and relationship between satisfaction with life and hope in youth. The sample consists of 90 college students (46 Boys and 44 Girls); within the age range of 18-22 years from Mumbai and its suburbs. The participants were studied using Adult Hope Scale by Snyder, Irving, and Anderson (1991) and The Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale by Pavot, Diener, and Suh (1998). The data were analyzed in terms of the' t'- test and coefficients of correlation. The results obtained in this study revealed no significant difference between girls and boys on Hope and satisfaction with life. Nevertheless, hope is significantly positively correlated with satisfaction with life. This finding indicates that hopeful individuals are also satisfied with their life.

Keywords

Hope, Satisfaction with Life, Youth

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Nilesh Thakre ¹, Ruchita Mayekar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai, IN
2 Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

The field of positive psychology is gaining prominence in the area of industrial and organizational psychology. The characteristics of hope and hopelessness appear to play a crucial role in the work place. The present study investigates the role of hope in organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour. The participants of the study consist of 120 men and women employees within age range of 21 to 50 years working in various private sector organizations in Mumbai. They were assessed by using the adult state hope scale (Snyder et al., 1996), the organizational commitment questionnaire (Mowday, Steers, & Porter, 1979), and the organizational citizenship behaviour checklist (Fox & Spector, 2011). The data were analysed by independent sample t-test and coefficients of correlation. Results revealed a significant difference between employees with high hope and low hope on organizational commitment, t (118) = 5.07, p < .05, and on organizational citizenship behaviour, t (58) = 4.79, p < .05. The coefficient of correlation result shows significant positive correlation between hope and organizational commitment, r = .40, p < .05, hope and organizational citizenship behaviour, r = .40, p < .05, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour, r = .76, p < .05. These findings indicate that employees with high hope shows higher organizational commitment and higher organizational citizenship behaviour and it will enable organizations to acknowledge the importance of hope at work place.

Keywords

Employees, Hope, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour.

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Nilesh Thakre ¹, Armeen Lalani ¹, Mahi Laddhad ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SNDT Women's University, Churchgate, Mumbai, IN

Abstract

Religiosity or tendency of individuals to commit themselves to religious beliefs, principles, and activities has certain behavioral implications such as an individual's ability to interact with, assess, and manage their physical surroundings. Mindfulness is described as an intentional and nonjudgmental focus of attention and awareness of the present moment (Kabat-Zinn, 1990). Similarly, self-concept pertains to an individual's comprehensive collection of personal beliefs or self-knowledge (Rosenberg, 1979). The present study investigates religiosity as a potential determinant of mindfulness and self-concept. The participants of this study consist of 133 men and women, within the age range of 18-35 years. They were assessed by using three scales, namely, the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS-15) by Huber and Huber (2012); the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) by Brown and Ryan (2003); and Personal Self-concept Questionnaire (PSC) by Goñi et al. (2011). Pearson's product-moment correlation and linear regression were used as a statistical analysis tool to assess the relationship between religiosity, mindfulness and selfconcept. Results revealed that there was a statistically significant positive correlation between Religiosity and Mindfulness (r = 0.536) and a statistically negative correlation between Religiosity and Self-concept (r = -.422). Linear regression for Religiosity and Mindfulness, and Self-concept was found to be significant.

Keywords

religiosity, mindfulness, self-concept, youth.

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