The Relative Contribution of Both Gratitude and Forgiveness to the Prediction of Life Satisfaction of University Students

Adel Abd El Aziz Ibrahim, Rasha

doi:10.21608/jsre.2019.71283

The Relative Contribution of Both Gratitude and Forgiveness to the Prediction of Life Satisfaction of University Students

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Rasha Adel Abd El Aziz Ibrahim

Lecturer of Educational Psychology, Psychology Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University

10.21608/jsre.2019.71283

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify the degree to which both gratitude and Forgiveness contribute to the prediction of life satisfaction of the university students, as well as to identify the differences between female students in the research variables different from the study specialization, the study team, and the social status, and the research sample consisted of (N = 280) female students The second and third divisions of the Faculty of Girls, Ain Shams University, with an average age of (19,92) years and a standard deviation of (1,16), and using research measures were used the measure of gratitude for the university students, by the researcher's preparation, including the Hartland Measure of Forgiveness H.F.S., and the modification of the researcher, the measure of satisfaction with life prepared by Magdi Desouki 2013 and the modification of the researcher The results concluded : Gratitude contributes statistically significantly to life satisfaction forecasting at (%27) at (0,001) and tolerance contributes statistically significantly to life satisfaction prediction at (%18) at (0,001).There were also no differences between female students in life satisfaction and tolerance in different disciplines in scientific departments, while there were differences in gratitude in favor of literary specialization, and there were no differences between female students in gratitude, tolerance and satisfaction with life in different study groups, as well as differences between female students in the Gratitude for married women and life satisfaction in favour of unmarried women, while there were no differences in tolerance depending on the marital status.

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Educational psychology

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