IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL ON HAPPINESS AND POST TRUAMATIC GROWTH AMONG ORPHANS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of psychological strength on Happiness and post traumatic growth among orphans. The study employed three instruments in Urdu languages: Post-Traumatic Growth (SF) by Tedeschi and Calhoun (2004), the constructs of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky & Heidi S. Lepper (1997), and Psychological Capital (Mohsin Atta)’s, to a sample of 200 orphans. Results indicated that Psychological Capital (PC) and Happiness as well as Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) are positively correlated, while Happiness and Post-Traumatic Growth did not have a relationship. The context of parent’s living status did not show no significant contribution to either PC or Happiness. Regression analysis shows that psychological strengths was the major predictor of happiness. While post traumatic growth is not major predictor of psychological strengths