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Moderating Role of Social Connectedness on Forgiveness and Subjective Happiness Among Adults

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  • Dr. Umbreen Khizar

    (HOD at Department of Psychology, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Pakistan)

  • Dr. Dawood Nawaz

    (Associate Lecturer at Department of Public Administration, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)

  • Mehak Haroon

    (Lecturer at Department of Psychology, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Pakistan)

  • Husni Mubarak

    (Associate Lecturer at Department of Political Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the moderating role of social connectedness on forgiveness and subjective happiness among adults. The population selected for this study was the public universities located in the Multan district and the sample size was consisted of 300 adults ranging the age of 18-40 years were chosen by using simple random technique. The correlational research design was used to conduct this study. The revised version of Social Connectedness Scale of the Lee and Robbins (1995) developed by Lee, Draper, and Lee (2001) with 20 items, Heartland Forgiveness Scale which was proposed by the Thompson and Synder (2003) with 18 items, and the Subjective Happiness Scale measured by Lyubomirsky and Lepper (1999) with 4 items were used as assessing tools for this study. Further, SPSS has used to compute and analyze the data, and bivariate correlation, linear regression analysis, normality test, standard deviation and was used to analyze the data used in current study. Moreover, the results of the current study indicated a positive effect of forgiveness on subjective happiness among adults. However, there was a significant positive correlation between forgiveness and social connectedness as well as between subjective happiness and social connectedness among adults. The results also revealed a moderating effect of social connectedness on forgiveness and subjective happiness and there was no any variation in terms of gender for variables such as subjective happiness and social connectedness indicated in the results. However, the results proved females to be more forgiving than males as the p-value found was smaller than 0.001***. Thus, current study has beneficial implications in terms of a better life and in positive psychology.

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  • Dr. Umbreen Khizar & Dr. Dawood Nawaz & Mehak Haroon & Husni Mubarak, 2021. "Moderating Role of Social Connectedness on Forgiveness and Subjective Happiness Among Adults," iRASD Journal of Economics, International Research Alliance for Sustainable Development (iRASD), vol. 3(3), pages 240-250, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ani:irdjoe:v:3:y:2021:i:3:p:240-250
    DOI: 10.52131/joe.2021.0303.0040
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