Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Qudsia Tariq ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, PK

Abstract

The rationale of the present research was to explore the relationship between self efficacy and life satisfaction. The following three assumptions were formulated. 1- There would be a strong positive relationship between self efficacy and life satisfaction amongst student populace. 2- The males would have high self efficacy as compared to females. 3- The males would be more satisfied with life as compared to females. Life satisfaction was measured with Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Ed Diener et al; (1985) and Generalized Self- efficacy Scale (GSES) by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995) was used for measuring self-efficacy. A sample of 150 participants (75 males and 75 females) were randomly selected from student populace of various universities of Karachi (Pakistan)The age range considered was 18 to 24 years. Pearson product moment was calculated for the 1st hypothesis and p>.05 hence rejecting the research hypothesis and unrelated t-test was calculated for 2nd and 3rd hypothesis and both were rejected p>.05.

Keywords

Self-Efficacy, Life Satisfaction, Students.

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Qudsia Tariq ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, PK

Abstract

The present research aims to study the relationship between self actualization and job satisfaction. The research hypothesis formulated suggested that self actualization would be related with Job satisfaction. The following measures were used for conducting this study. The first tool introduced to the participant was a demographic sheet which comprised of 2 parts ; part A was for personal data, which comprised of the personal details like age, marital status, qualification et cetera, and part B for work history including work experience, number of jobs shifted, work relations etcetera. Other then this 2 set of questionnaires were developed to measure the two research variables. The first questionnaire was based on Maslow's (1954) Hierarchy of needs which evaluated the self-actualization concept; the second one contained items from the Job satisfaction Questionnaire by Spector (1983) which were adapted to develop a new questionnaire to measure job satisfaction. A sample of 220 subjects including equal number of males and females participants was selected from tall and flat organization with the help of stratified sampling technique. The questionnaires were analyzed using Pearson r. Results showed negative correlation between self actualization and job satisfaction and further analysis indicated a positive correlation among preferred needs and job satisfaction (p<0.01). The limitations of the study and recommendations for further studies have also been discussed.

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