Open AccessInspiration, meaning in life and gratitude as predictors of subjective well-being in the case of a group of students
Author(s) -
Beatrice Adriana Balgiu,
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Ruxandra Sfeatcu,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of educational sciences and psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2247-8558
pISSN - 2247-6377
DOI - 10.51865/jesp.2021.2.10
Subject(s) - gratitude , psychology , subjective well being , meaning (existential) , life satisfaction , social psychology , scale (ratio) , context (archaeology) , variance (accounting) , regression analysis , positive psychology , happiness , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , statistics , psychotherapist , mathematics , paleontology , physics , accounting , quantum mechanics , business , biology
The aim of the present study is to determine the prediction level of gratitude, meaning in life, and inspiration on Subjective Well-being (SWB). 325 undergraduates (149 males and 176 females) with Mage=19,29 (S.D.=1,40) participated in the study. In order to measure the respective concepts, we used the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), the Inspiration Scale (IS), and Single-item measures for life satisfaction and gratitude. The study used descriptive, correlational, and regression analyses. The results of the regression analyses showed that gratitude accounts for most of the SWB variance. The presence of meaning affects SWB positively, while the search for meaning is a negative predictor of SWB. Inspiration frequency is one of the weak predictors of SWB, while inspiration intensity is not a significant predictor of SWB. The results are discussed within the context of the existing literature.