Gratitude Letter: An Effort to Increase Subjective Well-Being in College  

Oleh:

Christanto, Stefanus Arista ; Brenda, Dea ; Assisiansi, Clara ; Pangestu, Maria Jessica ; Sarita, Ignatia ; Sulistiani, Vania

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: Anima Indonesian Psychological Journal vol. 32 no. 3 (Apr. 2017), page 158-168.
Topik: gratitude letter; gratitude; subjective well-being; college life; surat syukur; bersyukur; kesejahteraan subjektif; perkuliahan
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A preliminary study of students of a psychology faculty, revealed the fact that there are some students with low life satisfaction and negative affect during their college life. Low subjective well-being (SWB) was associated with decreased productivity and cognitive flexibility, which are important elements for studying. Previous researchers found a significant correlation between gratitude and SWB. The aim of this study is to enhance student SWB through an intervention of gratitude letter. We use two stages in this study: first a descript-ive method (N = 282) to have an accurate description of the level of their SWB. Then, we select 60 students with the lowest SWB to participate in the next stage, a quasi-experimen-tal method with multiple group design, consisting of two experimental group and one con-trol group. Measurements were conducted with modified SLS, SPANE, and GQ6. Data a-nalysis revealed significant differences in gratitude and positive affect level that are differ-rent in each group. Significant improvement in gratitude and subjective well-being based on the pre-test, post-test 1, post-test 2 were only found in the group that writes and expresses the gratitude letter.

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