Effectiveness of Journaling in Enhancing Gratitude among Preadolescents

Abstract

Gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what an individual receives. With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives, feel more positive emotions, improve their health, build strong relationships and helps people connect to something larger than themselves. In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly associated with greater happiness as it is one of the six sustainable happiness skills. The aim of this study is to conduct an intervention programme on Journaling technique for 14 days among preadolescents and find out its impact on gratitude by using Single group Pre test - Post test experimental design.