To Study the Predictors of Happiness on Locus of Control and Gratitude among Adolescents

Abstract

The present study probed the predictors of happiness on locus of control and gratitude among adolescents’. Two Hundred adolescents’ (100 females & 100 males) were incorporated in the study. The Multidimensional Locus of Control Scale, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and The Trans personal Gratitude Scale were used to assess adolescents’ level of locus of control, happiness and gratitude respectively. The result confirmed positive relationship between internal locus of control, gratitude and happiness among females adolescents’.In context of males a positive link enticed between powerful and chance locus of control with happiness and gratitude. For female adolescents’ internal and chance locus of control served as positive predictors of happiness. The major predictors of happiness among male adolescents’ were gratitude and powerful locus of control.