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The Benefits Of Humilty: Correlations With Gratitude, Happiness, And Joy, Brandy Hutton, Kirsha Johnson
The Benefits Of Humilty: Correlations With Gratitude, Happiness, And Joy, Brandy Hutton, Kirsha Johnson
2018 Symposium
Humility has long been overlooked in psychological studies but may have important benefits to our overall subjective well-being. The most widely accepted definition among researchers of humility includes viewing oneself realistically and accurately and involved focusing on others more than oneself. We conducted a two-month prospective study where 150 students filled out questionnaires at two separate time points. The questionnaires included the Hill Humility Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), The short version of the Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (GRAT-S), the Personal Entitlement Scale (PES) and two joy scales (SJS and DJS) along with other measures. Partial correlations showed …