“The Impact of Need for Cognition on Life Satisfaction of P.G. Students”

Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the significant difference between high and low need for cognition on life satisfaction of P.G. Students. The sample for the study consisted of 80,40 male and 40 female students studying in the departments of Social Science. The tools that were used are need for cognition developed scale by Cacioppo and Petty (1982) was used to measure the individual tendencies to pursue and enjoy the process of thinking. Satisfaction with life scale developed by Dinner , Emmons, R Larsen and Griffin S. (1985) to assess the Life Satisfaction. Results revealed that the students with high need for cognition have significantly high life satisfaction (t= -2.07; <0.05). Further analysis revealed contribution by demographic variables like parental education and number of siblings have contributed significantly to high need for cognition, and stay in the hostel have a negative impact on student’s need for cognition. Two siblings have positive impact on the students need for cognition.