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Gratitude and Hope As Correlates of Psychological Well-Being Amongst COVID-19 Survivors
Gratitude and Hope As Correlates of Psychological Well-Being Amongst COVID-19 Survivors
Gratitude and Hope As Correlates of Psychological Well-Being Amongst COVID-19 Survivors
The world witnessed and went through the COVID-19 pandemic for a major part of two years, the after effects of
which still reverberate loudly worldwide. The psychological and emotional turmoil was felt by everyone but was
accentuated many fold, especially for the COVID-19 survivors. Years of research have already established gratitude
and hope to be the predictors of psychological well-being. The present research study made an attempt to explore
gratitude and hope as the correlates of psychological well-being amongst COVID-19 survivors. The sample of this
research study consisted of 76 survivors (N=76) from the state of Haryana, India. Gratitude Questionnaire-6 by
McCullough et al. (2002); the Adult State Hope Scale by Snyder et al. (1996); and Ryff's Psychological Well-being
Scale (RPWBS-18; Ryff et al., 2010) were used for the assessment of the variables. Descriptive statistics and
Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was applied to explore the relationship among the variables. The findings of
the study establish a significant positive correlation between both, gratitude and psychological well-being & hope
and psychological well-being.