The Effect of Gratefulness and Forgiveness on Quality of Life

Novita Surya Ningsih

Abstract


The research subjects were 105 students from the Faculty of Economics, Law, Politics and Psychology, Muhammadiyah University of East Kalimantan. This study uses a quantitative approach with data analysis using the help of the Statistics Package for Social Science (SPSS) 21.0 for windows program. The results showed that there was a significant influence between gratitude and forgiveness on quality with an F value of 15.302 and p of 0.000 which had an effect contribution value (R2) of 23.3 percent. There is a significant positive effect between thanksgiving on quality of life with a beta value of 0.402, t count of 3.556 and p of 0.001. There is a significant positive effect between forgiveness on quality of life with a beta value of 0.181, t count of 2.034 and p of 0.045.


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Gratitude; Forgiveness; Quality of life

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