Abstract
The main target of this research is to determine a relationship between happiness, life quality and psychological health of students in grade-2 high school in Rasht City in 2013-2014 academic years. Statistical population in this research includes all students of grade 2 in high schools of Rasht City (865 people) who studied during 2013-2014 academic years. Statistical sample of the research included 150 female students of grade 2 in high schools of Rasht City in 2013-2014 academic years. They were picked based on Morgan Table and by means of random sampling. Correlation technique was used for analysis. Oxford’s happiness Index (OHI), short-form scale of life quality developed by global health (in Iran) and Reef’s psychological health scale (RspwB) were used for collecting data. Multiple regression analysis was used for verification and rejection of research hypotheses. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between happiness and life quality and psychological health in students of Rasht City High schools. In other words, students with higher levels of happiness and life quality have higher levels of psychological health. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p3105
Highlights
Some situations make human happy and some others give distress
Multiple correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used for prediction and determination of happiness & life quality based on psychological health in students
Considering the significance of relationships between mean values, it can be said that there is a relationship between happiness and life quality and psychological health of students in grade 2 in Rasht City high schools
Summary
Some situations make human happy and some others give distress. Individual differences in happiness feeling are related to personality differences. Jerome W.Yates (2009) conducted a research titled: "religion in patients suffering from advanced cancer" and investigated activities and religious beliefs of patients with increase in happiness, satisfaction with life and pain level in 71 patients with advanced cancer. Results showed that religious beliefs had positive correlation with satisfaction with life and religious activities It had a significant relationship with happiness and satisfaction with life. Results showed that life quality and all its dimensions (psychological health, physical health, environmental health and social relationships) in students who took part in collective prayers were significantly higher than that of those students who did not take part in prayers. Considering the above discussion, the main target of this research is to investigate relationship between happiness and life quality and psychological health in students of grade 2 in Rasht City high schools
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