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Positivity during pandemics: gratitude interventions influence on wellbeing, peer relationship satisfaction, and life satisfaction

Zenobia Charania1 and Baiju Gopal2

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1Postgraduate Student, Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Baiju Gopal
2Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Christ (Deemed to be University)

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https://doi.org/10.47721/ARJHSS20210402019

Vol 4(2), pp. 1-16, June 2021

Copyright © 2021 Author(s) and Skies Educational.
This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0

ABSTRACT

The use of Positive Psychology Interventions is rapidly increasing in the world of psychology, as it focuses on a more wholesome and holistic approach to wellbeing and mental health. The current intervention study tries to understand the impact of Expressing Gratitude over social media on the participant’s Psychological Wellbeing, Peer Relationship Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Positive and Negative affect. The intervention was conducted for two weeks on social media platforms and the control group had to just note the conversations they had. With a total of 32 participants in the experimental group and 38 participants in the control group, the study used paired t-tests to see the impact of intervention through pre-test and post-test scores. The results show that Peer Relationship Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Positive and Negative affect did improve after the intervention, while there was no significant impact on psychological well-being. The currently ongoing pandemic must be kept in mind while understanding the implication of the results. The discussion section elaborates on that topic.

Keywords: Gratitude, Intervention, Positive Psychology, Pandemic, Resilience

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Zenobia Charania  is a Researcher, Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Baiju Gopal

Baiju Gopal  is an Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Christ (Deemed to be University)

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Zenobia C. and Baiju G. (2021). Positivity during pandemics: gratitude interventions influence on wellbeing, peer relationship satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Applied Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(2), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.47721/ARJHSS202102037

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