Author(s)

LiJuan Gao^1*, Fan Yang¹, TingTing Chen², YiFei Guo¹

Affiliation(s)

¹School of Education, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, Henan, China.

²Faculty of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China.

Corresponding Author

LiJuan Gao

ABSTRACT

This study aims to understand the current status of gratitude traits and the sense of life meaning among college students, providing theoretical foundations and insights for the implementation of life education courses in higher education institutions. Utilizing the College Student Gratitude Scale and the Sense of Life Meaning Scale, we investigated 270 college students to explore their levels of gratitude, sense of life meaning, and the relationship between the two. The results indicated: (1) Female students scored significantly higher than male students in terms of gratitude towards nature, sense of life meaning, and meaning-seeking; (2) Students majoring in humanities and social sciences scored significantly higher in gratitude towards nature compared to those in science, engineering, and arts; (3) Senior students scored significantly higher in gratitude towards nature and meaning-seeking compared to lower-grade students, while junior students scored significantly higher in the absence of deprivation compared to freshmen and seniors; (4) Rural students scored significantly higher in the absence of deprivation compared to urban students; (5) Students who had not held leadership positions scored significantly higher in overall gratitude, social gratitude, and gratitude towards nature compared to those who had served as student leaders.

KEYWORDS

College students; Gratitude; Sense of life meaning

CITE THIS PAPER

LiJuan Gao, Fan Yang, TingTing Chen, YiFei Guo. The correlation between gratitude and sense of life meaning among college students. Educational Research and Human Development. 2025, 2(2): 57-61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/erhd3044.

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