Gratitude dan psychological wellbeing pada remaja

Abstract

Gratitude and psychological well being is a positive emotional aspect in every individual. People have gratitude on their self because they aware to get something good in every situation, a good appreciation from God and another people. Meanwhile, people who have psychological well being when they have self acceptance, positive relation to other people, have autonomy and mastering environment, have purpose in life and realizing their potential. The purpose of this study is to know the effect of gratitude towards psychological well being in adolescents. The research design used quantitative non-experimental study, correlating 2 variables. The sampling technique using cluster sampling. The data collected by using Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale formed by Caroll D. Ryff (1989) and The Gratitude Questionnaires Six Item Form (GQ-6) be in the form of Likert Scale by McCullough (2002). The data analyzed by correlational analysis method. The result of this study show that there is no correlation between gratitude and psychological well-being in adolescent (r = 0,012; p=0,865).

Keywords

• gratitude
• psychological well-being
• adolescents