Investigating the relationship of happiness with some demographic factors in students of Bandar Abbas University of medical sciences

In recent years, along with the development of positive psychology, happiness has been the basic pivot of the studies conducted in this area. Due to the importance of happiness in all dimensions of life, the present study aimed at determining the status of happiness among Of medical sciences. Happiness is comprised of at least three components: emotional, social and cognitive. The emotional aspect results in positive expressions, the social aspect leads to expanded positive relationships with others and cognitive component creates a thinking which optimistically interprets daily events. This study evaluated the level of happiness and some influencing factors in medical students of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences.This descriptive cross-sectional study was done in all medical students (n= 356) who were consent to fill the questionnaire. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire with a demographic questionnaire were completed by the students. The scores were analyzed by calculating mean scores of different groups and t-test and ANOVA using SPSS ver.17.The mean score of happiness of medical students was 41.23. The mean score of happiness was significantly high (42.87) among students of medicine aged 18-22 years while it was lower (38.79) among those aged 22-31 years (P= 0.027).Overall, no significant relationship was found between happiness score and gender (P=0.05). Findings showed that the statements related to self-esteem and satisfaction factors were just significant in relation to the students’ major (P<0.05) and the statements of welfare factor were significant in terms of educational level and major (P<0.05). Other statements of the inventory were found be significantly different in terms of demographic variables (P> 0.05).The findings of the research showed that the happiness of students depends on age, field of study and educational level and the variables of sex and marital status did not have a significant relationship with happiness.

کلیدواژه ها:

Happiness ، well-being and satisfaction.