Humanitas: Indonesian Psychological Journal
Vol 16, No 1 (2019): February 2019

Gratitude training to improve subjective well-being among adolescents living in orphanages

Putri Megawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia)
Sri Lestari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia)
Rini Lestari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Feb 2019

Abstract

Adolescents who live in orphanages need to adjust to the orphanage's conditions and rules to meet their subjective well-being. The fact shows not all adolescents living in orphanages are able to achieve subjective well-being in their lives. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of gratitude training in improving the subjective well-being of adolescents in an orphanage. A quasi-experimental design with a nonequivalent control group design was used in this study. Sixteen orphanage boys with moderately subjective well-being level participated in this study. Data were analyzed using non-parametric statistical analysis Mann Whitney u test and Wilcoxon. The results show that gratitude training is effective for improving the subjective well-being of the participants. The most improvement of subjective well-being was experienced by the participants who actively communicate with caregivers and optimistically achieve goals and expectations. The implication of this research is that to achieve subjective well-being in everyday live we should develop grateful behavior.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

HUMANITAS

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

HUMANITAS (ISSN: 1693-7236) focuses on psychology research and cover all branch of psychology sciences. This journal is peer-review. Jurnal Humanitas berfokus pada penelitian psikologi and mencakup semua cabang ilmu psikologi. Jurnal ini merupakan jurnal ...