Exploring the Healing Power of Gratitude: Investigating the Relationship between Gratitude and Life Satisfaction among Diabetic Patients

Abstract

Gratitude has been increasingly recognized as a most important component for psychological wellbeing. The current study investigates the association of Gratitude with Life Satisfaction which examines gratitude for prediction of satisfaction with life. Based on theories including Gratitude as a Moral Emotion theory, Gratitude as a virtue theory, self-determination theory of life satisfaction and satisfaction with life scale theory also predicted positive association between the two variables. A sample of 200 diabetic patients were taken, they completed a survey assessing gratitude, life satisfaction and demographic variables. The final results conclude that gratitude is strongly associated or linked with the life satisfaction. Results showed a notable positive association between Independent and Dependent variable. Moreover, regression analysis showed that increased gratitude causes increased life satisfaction. While the study has some limitations, future studies could delve deeper into the relationship of both variables across the diverse cultural settings or sample may not be the figurative of the broader population limiting the generalizability of findings.