Hope and Well-being during COVID-19 Pandemic

Pages: 183-185
Neethu P. S.1 and Amala Sudarsan2 (Department of Sports Psychology, Central University of Rajasthan1 and Department of Applied Psychology, Central University of Tamil Nadu2)

A larger number of researchers have identified the various mental health issues due to the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. The present study is focusing on the positive psychological resource hope and its relationship with wellbeing among adults. A total of 210 participants from the general public were participated in the study completing an online survey. Result showed that hope and subjective wellbeing had a significant positive correlation and also hope is significantly predicting the wellbeing of the adults during the pandemic outbreak. Further the result indicates that the pathway thinking dimension of hope significantly predicting the wellbeing. The result suggests that paying attention to enhance the hope as well as planning to meet goals improves the overall well-being during any pandemic or crisis situations.