Shikha, Sandeep Singh and Taruna
GJUS & T, Hisar
Shikha, Sandeep Singh and Taruna
GJUS & T, Hisar
To be happy is the sole aim of every individual. Besides external situations the inner
strengths of a person are found to play a key role for making life constantly happy and
fulfilling. In the present study the strengths of gratitude, hope and humor have been
studied to find out their role in happiness in the college students of age group 18-24
years. These strengths have been measured by the Value inAction inventory of strengths
(Peterson & Seligman, 2004). The three happiness orientations i.e meaning, pleasure
and engagement have been measured with the help of Orientation to Happiness
scale(Peterson, Park & Seligman, 2005). The data have been analyzed by correlation
and multiple regression analysis. All the three strengths were found to have significant
positive correlation (ranging from .22-.45) with each of the happiness orientation.
The regression model indicated that gratitude, hope and humor significantly predict
each of the three happiness orientations.Individually, gratitude predicted pleasure and
engagement, hope predicted meaning and engagement and humor predicted only
pleasure orienta
.