Relationship between gratitude and perceived stress in students in India - The moderating role of gender

Abstract

Gratitude is understood as a feeling of appreciation to another person/ higher being who had helped in reducing the impact of stress in life. Past research had shown beneficial connections of "feelings of gratitude" with social assistance and it also appears to be an anti-stress buffer (Kumar, P., et. al, 2019). This research attempts to study if such a relationship is equally true for men and female population, as both may perceive it differently, especially from the social context. The present research examines the connection between gratitude and stress in participants (N = 252, 114 Females) who are university students of the Dehradun region, in India. Data had been collected on the two self-report measures, Gratitude and Perceived Stress, using 'The 6-item Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6)' (McCullough et al., 2002) and the 'Perceived Stress Scale' (Cohen, S., et al., 1994). SPSS 22.0 software is used to analyses the data and interpreted using tools like factor analysis and regression etc.