Abstract
The aim of the present study is to determine the prediction level of gratitude, meaning in life, and inspiration on Subjective Well-being (SWB). 325 undergraduates (149 males and 176 females) with Mage=19,29 (S.D.=1,40) participated in the study. In order to measure the respective concepts, we used the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), the Inspiration Scale (IS), and Single-item measures for life satisfaction and gratitude. The study used descriptive, correlational, and regression analyses. The results of the regression analyses showed that gratitude accounts for most of the SWB variance. The presence of meaning affects SWB positively, while the search for meaning is a negative predictor of SWB. Inspiration frequency is one of the weak predictors of SWB, while inspiration intensity is not a significant predictor of SWB. The results are discussed within the context of the existing literature.
Highlights
Subjective Well-being (SWB) is a complex construct which defines the perception and the assessment of one’s own life, alongside the emotional balance between positive and negative emotions (Diener, 2010; Tov, Wirtz, Kushlev et al, 2020)
Studies of SWB in association with most of the concepts in positive psychology showed that SWB has various predictors, such as hope and optimism (Rand, Shanahan, Fischer et al, 2020), self-esteem, optimism, and positive affect (Ayyash-Abdo & Alamuddin, 2008), gratitude (Wood, Froh, & Geraghty, 2010), gratitude, forgiveness, and humility (Sapmaz, Yıldırım, Topçuoğlu et al, 2016), a superior type of gratitude which includes being content with others, with divinity, with the present moment etc. (Lin, 2014), forgiveness and gratitude Hermaen & Bhutto, 2020), satisfying the native curiosity (Grigorescu, 2020), meaning in life (Doğana, Sapmaz, Telb et al, 2012; Yuchang, Mingcheng, & Juny 2016), etc
The present study aims at analysing the relation between SWB and three of its correlates, gratitude, meaning in life and inspiration, in the case of a group of students
Summary
Subjective Well-being (SWB) is a complex construct which defines the perception and the assessment of one’s own life (life satisfaction, included), alongside the emotional balance between positive and negative emotions (Diener, 2010; Tov, Wirtz, Kushlev et al, 2020). The present study aims at analysing the relation between SWB and three of its correlates, gratitude, meaning in life and inspiration, in the case of a group of students. Robustelli & Whisman (2018) argues that gratitude is a factor which influences life satisfaction more than personality traits do Another concept believed to be related to SWB and to gratitude is meaning in life (ML) (Datu, 2014; Disabato et al, 2017; Ionescu, 2017; Proctor et al, 2010). Upon studying psychosocial well-being in the case of 1300 Argentine adults, Lupano Perugini et al (2017) found positive correlations between the presence of meaning and emotional and psychosocial well-being and negative correlations between the latter and the search for meaning. Other studies found positive relationships between inspiration, life satisfaction and all six dimensions of psychosocial well-being: autonomy, personal relations, growth, purpose, environmental mastery, and self-acceptance (Schindler, 2014). It was found that inspiration is positively associated with emotions such as admiration, joy, pride, love, gratitude, and fascination, and negatively associated with sadness and envy, and it does not correlate with fear and shame (Schindler, 2014)
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