The current study evaluated the role of family environment and, personality hardiness in the development of happiness disposition among tribal students of Himachal Pradesh (N = 200, with 100 boys and 100 girls) through stepwise regression analysis. Results indicated that Personality hardiness, cohesion, intellectual - cultural - orientation and achievement orientation are significant predictors of happiness in boys and explaining 39% of variance. In girls personality turned out to be the only significant predictor, explaining 45% variance in happiness.
Journal of Indian Health Psychology Vol. 4, No. 1, September, 2009