Role of Optimism and Sense of Humor towards Subjective well being among College Students

The present study attempts to ascertain the role of optimism and sense of humor towards subjective well being among college students. The term "subjective well-being" (SWB) refers to people's evaluations of their lives - including cognitive judgments, such as life satisfaction; and affective evaluations (moods and emotions), such as positive and negative emotional feelings. Optimism is the generalized expectancies of good outcomes in one's life. Humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The study was carried out with 80 graduate students from various colleges in Thrissur district, Kerala. The Multi dimensional sense of humor scale (MSHS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Life Orientation Test Revised (LOT - R) were used for collecting responses from the participants. Result shows that there is no significant difference in optimism, subjective well being and humor (682). The regression result implies that optimism (β = .420**) and sense of humor (β = .369**) is highly predicting towards subjective well being. The present study implies the role of optimism and sense of humor in individuals subjective well being and which are very important in maintaining interpersonal relationships.