Happiness And Forgiveness In Socially Deprived Women

Abstract

Happiness is regarded as one of the important determinants of subjective well- being and is referred to as the level by which individuals judge the general desirability of their life. Forgiveness is one of the most important factors that influence psychological wellbeing. People who have the ability to forgive others that hurt their feelings can have a prosperous psychological impact Happiness and forgiveness have important roles in achieving psychological health. The present study was aimed to study happiness and forgiveness in 94 socially deprived women from Belagavi District, Karnataka. Happiness Scale by Dr. Himanshi Rastogi and Dr. Janki Moorjani and Forgiveness Scale developed by Dr. Samani S.Pragya and Samani A. Pragya were used. Percentage method, Chi- square test and Correlation test were applied for statistical analysis. Results of the study revealed that socially deprived women had above average level of happiness and average level of forgiveness, there was significant correlation between happiness and forgiveness and there was no significant association between happiness and forgiveness with demographic variables.