Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Shruti Shourie ¹, Harshmeet Kaur ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, D.A.V. College, Sector-10, Chandigarh, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

The field of Positive psychology intends to study positive human strengths and their benefit to enhance optimal functioning. Character strengths have been one of the key elements of Positive psychology. Gratitude and forgiveness are considered as character strengths and have received attention in empirical researches but majority of researches have been carried out among adults. The preventive nature of positive psychology has observed the need to enhance wellbeing early in childhood and adolescent years. The present study explored the relationship between gratitude, forgiveness and wellbeing among adolescents. The sample size taken was 250 (125 boys and 125girls). Statistical analysts included Pearson Product Moment correlation method and t-test. The results revealed that gratitude and forgiveness have been found to be positively correlated with psychological wellbeing. The study also indicated that gratitude and forgiveness showed positive correlation with life-satisfaction, positive affect and negative correlation with negative affect (components of subjective wellbeing). The attempt was made to explore gender differences in the study.

Keywords

Gratitude, Forgiveness, Wellbeing.

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Nishita Gupta ¹, Shruti Shourie ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, D.A.V College, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious psyc 5rhiatric condition that can develop in an individual after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event related to shock, physical harm or threat. PTSD can be a consequence of a traumatic event that has caused intense fear or helplessness. The purpose of the given study was to explore the significant differences between the coping strategies used by MD Physician students who were stuck in Ukraine and experienced war conditions for 6 days, who experienced PTSD and who did not experience PTSD. A sample of 30 students, pursuing MD Physician from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University was considered, from which 13 reported PTSD and 17 did not report PTSD. These two groups were then compared using a t-test for unequal sample size on their use of coping strategies. The result shows that the students who experienced PTSD scored higher on the self-blame dimension of coping (t=2.75), behavioural disengagement dimension of coping (t=2.35) and avoidant coping dimension (t=2.18) in comparison to students who did not experience PTSD.

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