Altruism and general well-being among adults

In today's world there are a lot of human beings but very little humanity. The current investigation follows the descriptive research designed to explore the people‘s mind set and the actions that lead them to what are who they are now. A person is said to be altruistic when he or she is selflessly concern for the well-being of others. General well-being playing an important role in today's world, a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people is said to be the perfect concoction. The present study explores how far an individual is altruistic and how it reflects on their general well-being. It is hypothesised that there will be a significant relationship between the variables. The study includes 135 adults consisting of both men and women. The sample is collected using simple random sampling technique. The tools that are used are Adapted Self-Report Altruism Scale by Peter Witt and Chris Boleman (2009) and P.G.I General Well- Being Measure by Verma and Verma (1989). The statistical analysis is done using SPSS, Pearson Product moment correlation and Independent Sample t test will be used for analysis. From the analyses it was found that Altruism and Well-being had a significant positive correlation and there were no significant gender differences in Altruism and General Well-being among adults.