Abstract
Globally, youth mental health is deteriorating due to broad societal changes and megatrends (The Lancet Psychiatry Commission, 2024). The study aimed to investigate the role of gratitude on perceived stress and well-being by comparing the two levels of gratitude (high and low) and two genders (male and female) of higher secondary school students of Aizawl city. The study employs correlational design. Participants of the study were drawn by simple random sampling. GQ-6 (McCullough et al.,
2002), the Perceived stress scale (Cohen et al., 1983) and WHO-5 (WHO, 2024) were employed for psychological evaluation. All the precaution for maintaining ethical principle of research were strictly followed. The findings portrayed the role of gratitude along with gender difference on perceived stress and well-being, and gratitude had positive relation with well-being but negative relation to perceived stress, and perceived stress and well-being were negatively related. The study implies the need of school-based interventions where gratitude practice could serve as an instrument to lower students stress and enhance their well-being.
Authors: Lalrinawmi Rawite, Zokaitluangi
Keywords: perceived stress, gratitude, well-being.
