ACCEPTANCE, FORGIVENESS, AND GRATITUDE: PREDICTORS OF RESILIENCE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The present study aimed to examine whether acceptance, forgiveness, and gratitude are significant predictors for resilience among university students. An electronic mailed questionnaire which consisted of demographic information, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, Heartland Forgiveness Scale, The Gratitude Questionnaire and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale was sent to students at one of the public universities in Malaysia, of which 162 students responded. Results revealed a statistical significant result supported the hypothesis that acceptance, forgiveness, and gratitude were significant predictors for students’ resiliency. The three predictors contributed 56% of the total variance of students’ resilience model whereby gratitude illustrates the highest predictive value for resilience, followed by forgiveness and acceptance.