Page No.40-45
Kamlesh Singh and Shalini Duggal Jha
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
This study explores the relationship between the concepts of Happiness, Life
Satisfaction, Positive and Negative Affect and Grit. Happiness is the average
level of satisfaction over a specific period, the frequency and degree of positive
affect manifestations or the extent to which an individual experiences positive
emotional states, and the relative absence of negative affect. Life Satisfaction is
one’s evaluation of satisfaction with life in general and Grit refers to the character
strength of perseverance described in Positive Psychology. The study was carried
out on 254 undergraduate students of technology. Results revealed that the
concepts of Grit, Positive Affect, Happiness and Life Satisfaction are significantly
positively correlated. Negative Affect showed a significantly negative correlation
with Grit, Happiness and Life Satisfaction. Stepwise regression analysis showed
that Positive Affect, Grit and Negative Affect together account for 19% of the
variance in Life Satisfaction. Grit, Negative Affect and Positive Affect account for
11% of the total variance in Happiness