Satisfaction with life and hope in youth

Pages:347-349
Nilesh Thakre (Department of Psychology, SNDT Womens University, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

Hope and life satisfaction plays a significant role for development of youth. The objective of the present study is to understand nature and relationship between satisfaction with life and hope in youth. The sample consists of 90 college students (46 Boys and 44 Girls); within the age range of 18-22 years from Mumbai and its suburbs. The participants were studied using Adult Hope Scale by Snyder, Irving, and Anderson (1991) and The Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale by Pavot, Diener, and Suh (1998). The data were analyzed in terms of the’ t’- test and coefficients of correlation. The results obtained in this study revealed no significant difference between girls and boys on Hope and satisfaction with life. Nevertheless, hope is significantly positively correlated with satisfaction with life. This finding indicates that hopeful individuals are also satisfied with their life.