The Prediction of Happiness and Coping Response in Adult peoples with Nature of Drinking

Abstract

The present study aspired to investigate whether The Prediction of Happiness and Coping Response in Adult peoples With Nature of Drinking. It was hypothesized that Nature of Drinking will be a significant predictor of Happiness and Coping Responses in Adult peoples. A purposive sample of 120 human participants (age range 25-45 years) with balanced number of males and females was selected for the present study. Out of these 120 Human Participants, 40 of them were Alcohol Addicts (20 Males and 20 Females), 40 of them were Social Drinkers (20 Males and 20 Females) and the remaining 40 of them were exclusively Teetotalers (20 Males and 20 Females). The Alcohol Addicts and Social Drinkers were traced from various hotels, bars, pubs and counselling centers in Sriganganagar and Jaipur district of Rajasthan State. Coping response was measured by Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Folkman & Lazarus, 1986) and Happiness was measured by Happiness Scale (Argyle and Hills, 2002). Multiple Regression Analysis was computed through SPSS 17. It was also empirically proved that Nature of Drinking was a significantly positive predictor of Happiness and Coping Responses in Alcohol Addicts, Social Drinking and Teetotalers.