Are proneness to forgive, optimism and gratitude associated with life satisfaction?

• Authors: Małgorzata Szcześniak , Esmeralda Soares
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The main aim of the current study was to examine whether and how life satisfaction is related to propensity to forgive one’s transgressor. Additionally, it also explored the relationship between life satisfaction and other chosen psychological variables, such as optimism and gratitude. The study involved 338 persons between 16 and 83 years of age. For the measurement of psychological variables the following research tools were used: Satisfaction With Life Scale, Transgression- Related Interpersonal Motivations Inventory, Gratitude Questionnaire, and Learned Optimism Test. Among the study participants satisfaction with life was positively correlated with the conviction about a permanent and ubiquitous nature of positive events, optimism and gratitude. The study also observed a negative correlation between satisfaction with life, the motivation for revenge and avoidance motivation, and the perception of a permanent and ubiquitous nature of adverse events.

Keywords

EN

Forgiveness; Life Satisfaction; Gratitude; Optimism; Hope

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 20-23

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Szcześniak

• Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences, Institute of Psychology, via Cremolino 141, 00166 Rome, Italy

author

Esmeralda Soares

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-011-0004-z