Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between quality of school life and happiness among university students. For this purpose, 326 students from five different faculties in Çankırı Karatekin University participated in the study. Participants filled in the ‘scale for quality of school life’ and ‘scale for Oxford happiness-Compact form’. Data were analyzed by using methods of arithmetical mean, standard deviation, t-test, confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), ANOVA, ANCOVA and multivariate regression analyses. Findings showed that participants’ views about the quality of school life and happiness were at moderate level. In addition, it was found out that being a student in different faculties did not display any significant difference on their happiness. It was also revealed at the end of this study that students’ views about the quality of school life were not a significant predictor of students’ happiness. Based on these findings, it was concluded that students’ happiness was independent of the quality of their school life. Key words: Happiness, school satisfaction, quality of school life, university, student.
Highlights
Human beings are said to have been in search of happiness throughout history
When the perception points related to school life quality are controlled, are the happiness perceptions of the participants significantly different according to their faculties?
The validity of the scale is tested according to confirmative factor analysis of scale in the current research (CFA); the reliability of the scale is tested according to Croanbach alpha internal consistency parameter
Summary
Human beings are said to have been in search of happiness throughout history. the philosophers who have expressed an opinion on human nature claim the idea that human beings are always inclined to the objects of pleasure which make them happy. Happiness has turned out to be a fundamental area of research within the tradition of positive psychology It has been concluded at the end of the literature review that students’ perceptions about the quality of their school life and its gradual effect on their happiness at schools where people spend most of their lifetime have not been studied yet. The school satisfaction, their attachment to in-class studies is one of the most important components of their perceptions about the quality of school life Researches generally indicate that perceptions of students related to school life quality are different according to different variables. The effects of the perceptions of students related to school life quality on their happinesses have not been searched yet This case is the problem of this study. When the perception points related to school life quality are controlled, are the happiness perceptions of the participants significantly different according to their faculties?
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