Gratitude and happiness in students from the second to fifth year of a private university in Lima, 2016

• Autores: Leon Lopez, Susana Thalia, Hidalgo Gómez, Ethel Priscilla, Mendoza Galarza, Maritza
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/194
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/194
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Positive psychology, gratitude, happiness, positive meaning of life, satisfaction with life, personal fulfillment, joy of life.; Psicología positiva; gratitud; felicidad; sentido positivo de la vida; satisfacción con la vida; realización personal; alegría de vivir.

Objective: To determine the relationship between the variables of gratitude and happiness in the students ofa private university in East Lima. The research design is non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational.Materials and Methods: The participants were 404 students of both sexes between the ages of 20 and 30 yearsold. The instrument used to measure gratitude was the Gratitude Scale, developed by Alarcón (2014) in Lima,Peru. In order to measure happiness, the Happiness Scale, elaborated by Alarcón (2006) in Lima, Peru, wasused. It was integrated by four dimensions: positive meaning of life, satisfaction with life, personal fulfillmentand joy of life. Results: It was significantly related to happiness (rho =, 324; p <0.01), and with each of itsdimensions. Conclusions: Therefore, it is concluded that people who have a high level of gratitude are morelikely to experience full happiness.