Effect of gratitude on emotional intelligence, spiritual wellbeing and rumination

This study investigated the relationship of gratitude with emotional intelligence, spiritual wellbeing and rumination in a sample of university students. A total of 183 university students completed the emotional intelligence scale, the gratitude questionnaire, the spiritual well-being scale and the rumination measures. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent Sample t-test were employed using SPSS Version 20. There was a positive correlation found between gratitude and emotional intelligence with r= 0.445 which was significant at 0.05 level. Gratitude and spiritual well-being were positively correlated with r= .466 which was significant at 0.5 level. There was a negative correlation found between gratitude and rumination with r= -0.252 which was significant at 0.05 level. Gender difference was seen in rumination, which was found to be significant at 0.05 level whereas no significant gender differences were found in gratitude, emotional intelligence, spiritual well-being.