A study on Forgiveness, gratitude, Mental Well-being, Spirituality & Happiness among College Students

Forgiveness is a choice we make consciously in which initially a person feels inadequate or deceived but goes through changes in feelings, thoughts, or attitudes about a wrongdoer and tries to overcome negative feelings or emotions such as resentment or desire for revenge. If we let, go of moments that create agony in our lives and we can become free from the circle of pain. Mental well-being consists of emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects our way of thinking, feeling, and acting. It helps us to deal with negative emotions such as stress, anxiety, etc. Happiness is an emotional state attributed to feelings of satisfaction, delight, fulfillment, and well bring. The definition of spirituality has been modified over the years. In layman’s terms, it is the search for the sacred. It is a holistic view involving life, mind, and spirit. Incorporates coming to terms with a feeling that something bigger than ourselves exists. Standardized scales were used to measure forgiveness, mental well-being, spirituality, and happiness among college students aged 18-25. The results found that mental well-being is significantly positively correlated to forgiveness & happiness & spirituality is significantly positively correlated with happiness & forgiveness. Students should give priority to their happiness, and mental well-being. They tought to take some time out of their hectic schedule, engage in self-introspection, and build a habit of consuming healthy food, getting good sleep, practicing meditation, sharing their troubles with their near and dear ones, etc. They should express their feelings to loved ones and seek help for their problems.