Open Access
Subscription Access
Open Access
Subscription Access
Effect of Integrated Psychotherapy on Happiness and Locus of Control among Institutionalized Adolescents
Subscribe/Renew Journal
Happiness is a choice. Valerie Bertineli, says there's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not. Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intensejoy. The way you seethe world and attribute it matters a lot in how you conceive happiness. Julian Rotter, developed the concept of “locus of control”, the degree to which individuals believe they have the ability to control what happens to them (internal) or how much they think that forces beyond their control affect their situation external. The present study is conducted with an objective to evaluate the effect of Integrated Psychotherapy on Happiness and Locus of Control among Institutionalized adolescents. A total sample of 30 institutionalizes adolescents identified with the age range of l 4to 18 years, based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria from Kannur district of Kerala. The tools used for the study are Oxford Happiness Questionnaire by Michael Argyle and Peter Hills and Internal- External Locus of Control Inventory by Venkatapathy. Paired t-test was conducted for finding statistical analysis and the results revealed that there is a significant change in the level of happiness as well as in dimensions of locus of control before and after intervention especially in the internality and Powerful others. Whereas the chance as a dimension of locus of control did not seem to change.
Keywords
Happiness, Locus of Control, Adolescents, Integrated Psychotherapy.
Subscription
Login to verify subscription
User
Font Size
Information
- Abel, E. (2018). Boundaries of fostering happiness: Implicit theories of happiness predict reactions to positivepsychological interventions. Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive).
- Ahlin, E. M. (2014). Locus of control redux: Adolescents' choice to refrain from vialsncQ.Journalofinterpersonalviolence, 29(14), 2695-2717.
- Al Nima, A., Archer, T., & Garcia, D. (2012). Adolescents' happiness-increasing strategies, temperament, and character: Mediation models on subjective well-being. Health, 4(10), 802.
- Datta, D., & Halls, C. (2009, October). Addressing the needs of orphans and vulnerable children: Strengthening ongoing community actions in Nyanza province, Kenya. Community Development Journal International Symposium, London, October.
- Devin, H. F., Ghahramanlou, F., Fooladian, A., & Zohoorian, Z. (2012). The relationship between locus of control (internal-external) and happiness in pre-elementary teachers in Iran. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46,4169-4173.
- Gander, F., Prayer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2016). Positive psychology interventions addressing pleasure, engagement, meaning, positive relationships, and accomplishment increase well-being and ameliorate depressive symptoms: A randomized, placebo-controlled online study. Frontiers in psychology, 7,686.
- Pannells, T. C., & Claxton, A. F. (2008). Happiness, creative ideation, and locus of control. Creativity Research Journal, 20(),61-1.
- Ramezani, S. G., & Gholtash, A. (2015). The relationship between happiness, self-control and locus of control. International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches, 7(2), 100.
- Shubina, I. (2018). Locus of control and sense ofhappiness: Amediating role of self-esteem? Applied Psychology Readings (pp. 87-101). Springer, Singapore.
- Yukura, M., Ueda, S., & Yoshimori, M. (1993). The relationship between Locus of Control and happiness. Hiroshima Forumfor Psychology, 15, 37-45.
Abstract Views: 525
PDF Views: 0