Hope and Happiness as Predictors of Satisfaction with Life in Patients with Mental Health Problems

Abstract

The purpose of present study is to investigate the role of hope and happiness as predictor of satisfaction with life in patients with mental health problems. The participants of the present study include 62 registered patients with mental health problems (male=33, female=29) selected from Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi Pakistan. The age of the participants ranged from 19 years to 40 years (Mean age = 28.31,SD= 6.177). The Trait Hope Scale (Snyderet al., 1991), Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Laresen, & Griffin, 1985); and Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999) were administered on patients. It was hypothesized that Hope and Happiness will predict satisfaction with life in patients with mental health problems. Linear Regression analysis reflects hope as a significant predictor of satisfaction with life in patients with mental health problems, while the variance explained by happiness in the scores on satisfaction with life appear not significant.