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Students’ Happiness of School of Management and Medical Information Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
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AR Zohoor   , AR Fekri |
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Abstract: (3931 Views) |
| Introduction & Objective: There are three elements such as
emotional, social and cognitive concepts in happiness. The first
causes positive expression, the second causes expanded and
positive social relations with the others and the last results the
thought that interprets optimism-rating events. Due to happiness
role in health of body and spirit of students and also for limited
studies in these fields, research about the matter seems
necessary.
Materials & Methods: This study has been carried out by Oxford
happiness questionnaire. The questionnaire had 29 multiple
choices that most of objects have been made with inverting
sentences of Beck test by Argyle and Lu in 1989. In numerous
researches which have been done in different countries, the
cronbach’s alpha was 0/87 - 0/92 and reliability was 0/78 – 0/81.
The questionnaire was completed by 303 students of school of
management and medical information sciences that were
selected randomly (in 2003). Data were analyzed by descriptive
statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA), t test and Chi test.
Results: This study was performed on 303 persons totally (80
men and 223 women). Average of happiness scale was 42 ±14
that has not a significant difference with developed countries.
There was no significant relation between students’ happiness
scale and age, sex, field of education and period of education but
there was a significant positive relationship between students’
happiness and interest in field of education and hope to future
job.
Conclusion: To introduce the fields of educations to students
before entering to university, possibility of education in one of the
favorit study majors and give hope to students that university can
be an opportunity for acquiring successful job in all aspects in
their life seems effective in their happiness. |
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| Keywords: Happiness, Satisfaction of life, students |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2015/06/16 | Accepted: 2015/06/16 | Published: 2015/06/16
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