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Subjective Well-Being and Trait Gratitude Among Chinese University Postgraduates

Zhong Yongle, Yang Ming
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v19.n2.p11
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore whether trait gratitude correlates with subjective well-being (SWB) among Chinese university postgraduates as well as gender and only-child differences in the mean scores on measures of SWB and gratitude. A sample of 50 Chinese postgraduates participated in the research including the measurements of trait gratitude and subjective well-being. The findings indicate that gratitude was not associated with all items of SWB. However, the results find that gratitude was significantly and negatively correlated to negative affect, besides, satisfaction with life was positively correlated to the lack of deprivation and the gratitude to society. And the level of gratitude could be different in terms of gender and only child. The results indicate that female and not only-child reported higher levels of gratitude in comparison with male and only-child postgraduates respectively.
Keywords
subjective well-being (SWB); trait gratitude; gender; only-child; postgraduates
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