Impact of Life Events on Happiness through Moderating Role of Belief in Just World among Adults

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate how a person’s life events affect his general
happiness as well as relationship between life events, belief in just world, and general
happiness among adults. Further, age differences, family structure, living style and
educational status etc. on all constructs were determined. For this purpose, data N=
200 was taken from different government and non-government university students by
using the purposive sampling technique. Pearson Product Moment correlation, Multiple
Regression Analysis, Moderation analysis, t-test, were used to analyze the data. The
results elaborated that there is a significant positive correlation between positive life
events and general happiness as well as significant positive correlation between
positive life events and belief in just world while significantly negative relationship of
positive life events with negative life events. Negative life events negatively associated
with belief in just world as well as general happiness; belief in just world significantly
positively associated with general happiness; belief in just world significantly moderate
in the relationship between positive life events and general happiness. The research
emphasizes the importance of personal attributes in understanding how an individual's
belief strengthens happiness in 'troubled' populations.