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Suman Grigary Thomas and Shanmukh V. Kamble Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka
The growing interest in Positive Psychology encourages researchers in to previously
untapped arenas in psychology such a s patience and forgiveness. The present study
was carried out to explore whether patience has any significant relationship with selfcontrol
and forgiveness and to identify whether patience predicts self-control and
forgiveness among the college students of Kerala. The sample of the study consisted
of 582 college students (male=182; Mage=20.45, female=400; Mage= 20.24) from
Kerala. The statistical analysis used were Pearson’s correlation coefficient and
regression analysis. The results of the study indicated there exist a significant positive
correlation between patience and self-control and between patience and forgiveness.
The results further suggested that patience significantly and positively predicted both
the dependent variables, that is self-control and forgiveness. As patience is helpful in
predicting self-control and forgiveness, more focus can be given to the virtue, as the
variables measured in the study is significant in promoting well-being.
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