• Anmol Bansal

Counterfactual thinking as a phenomenon, has intrigued psychologists, researchers and philosophers alike, in view of the fact that it reveals significant information about the nature, reason, limits and the ways of logic of human appraisal of the social world. Counterfactual thinking in social psychology, comes to refer to the tendency of an individual to imagine other, novel outcomes or alternatives in a given situation than the outcomes which originally transpired.This research paper attempts to examine in greater depth, the nature, as well as the principles underlying counterfactual thinking. It also endeavors to inquire about the nature of the relationships that counterfactual thinking shares with a multitude of positive psychological constructs, particularly gratitude, extending its focus to the implications that originate as a result of such associations.

COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING, GRATITUDE, HUMAN WELL-BEING, POSITIVE AFFECTIVITY.

"Relationship Between Downward Counterfactual Thinking And Gratitude Among Young Adult Females.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.896-904, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907N25.pdf

"Relationship Between Downward Counterfactual Thinking And Gratitude Among Young Adult Females.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp896-904, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907N25.pdf