Self-love: The lesson through which all other lessons are realized
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self-love, psychological well-being, interpersonal relationship, achievement motivation, young adultsAbstract
Objective: This study was undertaken to determine self-love: the lesson through which all other lessons are realized. Method: The subjects were taken from the students of Lovely professional university. 100 (50 male and 50 females) subjects were taken randomly and were match in age, sex, education and occupation. Healthy selfishness scale by Kaufman, S. B., & Jauk, E. (2020), Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWB), 42 Item version, Glenn Callaghan’s interpersonal relationships questionnaire FIAT-Q-Final-Scale-2-14 and Achievement Motivation Scale by P.S.Goregaonkar and R.D.Helode were employed with each of the subjects in two sessions. Result: Findings revealed that female subjects showed more prominence in self-love and other relate variables in the present study like Psychological well-being, interpersonal relationship and achievement motivation. It has found that self-love is independent of psychological well-being, interpersonal relationship and achievement motivation. Conclusion: from results it can be inferred in a way that self-love is distinct psychological characteristics that can influence better psychological well-being, interpersonal relationship and achievement motivation of the subjects in the present study. This study aim to investigate self-love: the lesson through which all other lessons are realized.
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