Role of Positive Affect and Negative Affect in Orientation to Happiness:A Study on Working Population

The aim of the current study was to test the role positive and negative affect on Orientation to Happiness. The sample composed of 100 working males and females from the age group 35-65 years. The data were collected by administering Orientation to Happiness and Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). Statistical analysis using SPSS revealed significant relationship between positive affect and orientation to Happiness. Out of the three subscales of orientation to happiness scale, only life of meaning and life of pleasure show positive significant linear relationship with positive affect. Correlation between negative affect and orientation to happiness was not significant. Further analysis using Regression revealed that positive affect contributed the most in variation in levels of orientation to Happiness.