Subjective Well-Being in Relation to Altruism and Forgiveness Among School Going Adolescents

Abstract

<b> </b>In the study of subjective well being in relation to forgiveness and altruism among 100 school going adolescents (50 male and 50 female), the following tools and techniques were used to measure different variables: Subjective Well-being Inventory by Nagpal and Sell (1985) was used to measure Subjective Wellbeing, THE HELPING ATTITUDE SCALE by Nickell (1998) was used to measure Altruism and the heartland forgiveness scale by Thompson et. al.(2005) was used to measure Forgiveness. On the basis of multiple regression it has been known that the predictive value of Forgiveness (Self, Others, Situation) is questionable or the measure of Forgiveness (Self, Others, Situation) does not enhance the prediction of subjective well-being whereas, Altruism does enhance the prediction of subjective well-being. The present study is carried out to explore the effect on subjective well-being of adolescents in the light of their measures of altruism and forgiveness. Moreover, attempt is also made to see the effect in context of gender differences.