Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Sreerupa Ghose ¹, Sanjukta Das ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN

Abstract

The concept of emerging adulthood is new. It is a by product of industrialization and has its origin in the post industrialized American society of 21st century. But Indian urban community is believed to have certain significant resemblance to post industrialized Americans. Keeping this in mind the present study explored four variables: subjective well being (SWB), optimism, meaning in life (presence and search) and spirituality in the emerging adults of Kolkata, belonging to the age group of 20 to 25. Standardized questionnaires were administered to 50 male and 50 female emerging adults. Data was treated with appropriate statistics. No significant difference was found across gender as far as the variables included were concerned. Meaning in life presence emerged as the positive predictor of SWB. Spirituality emerged as a negative predictor of SWB.

Keywords

Emerging Adulthood, Optimism, Meaning in Life, Spirituality, Subjective Well Being.

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Sreerupa Ghose ¹, Sanjukta Das ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IN

Abstract

Wisdom has been recognized as an important human virtue for ages and in all societies. But history of wisdom in psychology is a brief one and the existing literature is limited. Wisdom being a complex concept, the studies done so far in psychology have primarily focused on the issue of defining wisdom. The present study purports to explore the different definitions of wisdom proposed by the pioneering researchers in the field.

Keywords

Wisdom, Psychology

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