Changing gender role: A study of happiness life-satisfaction, forgiveness

Pages: 1676-1680
Sana Khan (Defence Institute of Psychological Research, DRDO, Delhi)

In Indian context, historically women are seen managing house while male being bread earner. But in 21st century an emerging female work force can be seen working shoulder to shoulder with men in different sectors like corporate, while male are also expected to help in household chores. Considering this, the study aims to compare the subjective well-being of the both gender managing the dual challenges. To analysis subjective well-being, level of happiness, life satisfaction and forgiveness have been compared. Correlations between happiness, life satisfaction and forgiveness have also been examined. 50 working male and 50 working female in corporate sector were selected through convenience sampling (Mage= 28 years, age range=21-35). Oxford happiness questionnaire by Argyle and Hills (2002) Satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) by Diener et al. (1985) and Heartland forgiveness scale by Synder, Thompson, and Hoffman (2005) respectively were used. t test and coefficient of correlation were used to analyze the data. Results reveal that there is significant difference in level of happiness (t= 2.08, p≤ 0.01) with female scoring higher on this dimension. While, no significant difference is found in level of life satisfaction and forgiveness. The relationship between happiness and life satisfaction is found positive (r= 0.377, p≤0.01 level). No significant correlations have been found in happiness forgiveness (r = 0.144) and life-satisfaction-forgiveness (r = 0.055). The findings have been discussed in corroboration with related studies.