Role of family belongingness in subjective well-being of male, female and third gender of Uttar Pradesh (India)

Pages: 830-836
Shagufta Afroz and P.S.N. Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh)

Belongingness is the humanoid drive to form affirmative and long-term interpersonal relationships and in the long run to be a part of a social group milieu (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). Humans have an integral longing to belong in interpersonal relationships, failure to fulfill this desire outcome in mental suffering and loneliness. Lack of belonging can be encountered with terrible consequences to psychological well-being. The present study was planned to tap the role of family belongingness in subjective well-being of the participants from Uttar Pradesh (India). Family Belongingness Motive Scale (Afroz & Tiwari) and Subjective well-being scale (Nagpal) were directed on a sample of 301 male, female and third gender participants. Extreme group strategy was implemented to identify the low and high family belongingness group. Scores above Q3 and below Q1 were considered as high and low family belongingness group. Finally a data of 197 subjects was subjected to one way analysis of variance for different groups of subjects. High and low family belongingness groups were found to be significantly differed for Positive affect, Negative affect, Rootedness and Belongingness and subjective well-being overall. Furthermore, male, female and third gender participants also differed significantly for Positive affect, Density and social network and expectation achievement harmony. The insinuations of the study are also discussed in the light of existing literature.