Emotional Abuse Locus of Control and Meaning in Life in Relation to Hedonic And Eudaimonic Happiness Of Young Adults

Abstract

newlineThe current study has explored the relationship between emotional abuse, locus of newlinecontrol, meaning in life with hedonic and eudaimonic happiness of young adults. In newlinemodern times the competitive world that we live in most people are facing stress, newlineanxiety, depression and everyone s goal is to obtain happiness. Happiness is most newlineessential to human life and development as it is an affective state we feel which leads newlineto well-being of our body, mind and soul. It is evident that now more than ever that newlinehappiness is important for all kinds of growth. Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya newlineSen proposed that the quality of life and a countries citizenry s general well-being newlineshould be considered as a measure when looking at overall economic success. newlineEmotional abuse is a major epidemic in our society. However it s the least understood newlineform of abuse. It is Locus of control that helps to make decisions and take actions in newlineour lives. In recent times with the growth of positive psychology and its focus on newlinepositive traits and psychological strengths meaning in life has been seen in a new light newlineand its association to a happiness. The study attempts to understand happiness better newlinewith the two pathways of well-being hedonic happiness and eudaimonic happiness newlinerespectively. Henceforth it is quite imperative that the study the psychological newlineconstructs are explored through theoretic outlooks which the study examines.