University, social relations and students' sense of happiness (Case study of students of Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch)

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Alireza  Sanatkhah ¹ (Assistance professor, Department of sociology, Islamic Azad University Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran)
Fatemeh  Soltanpoor ² (Assistance professor, Department of anthropology , Islamic Azad University Zarand Branch, Kerman, Iran)

Received: 2020-11-20 Accepted : 2022-10-24 Published : 2023-03-01

Keywords: happiness, life satisfaction, self esteem, Social trust, feeling healthy,

Abstract :

This study investigates the social factors affecting the happiness of students of Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch will pay. The statistical population of the study consists of all students of the Islamic Azad University of Kerman in 1396 (equal to 16878). The sample of the research using the Cochran's formula is estimated to be 384 people. In this research, a survey method has been used. The research sampling method is multi-stage and combined sampling method .It is a combination of cluster sampling and simple random sampling. The theoretical framework of the research is a combination of psychological and sociological theories. A Framework of the Theories of Max Haller and Marquez Hadler, Hume, Winhoven, and Calmijan , Bergzma, Scott, Shannon, and Caroline. Diner et al., Julian Rutter in Psychology and Giddens Theory in Sociology. The results indicate that the variables: social trust (with an effect of 0.184), Feeling of health (0.189) and life satisfaction (0.566) have a direct and positive effect on the feeling of happiness. That life satisfaction has the highest direct and causal effect on the feeling of happiness; however, this variable also changes with the feeling of health and self-esteem. The covariance coefficients of these two variables are equal to: 2.369 and 5.244, respectively. Keywords: feeling happy, life satisfaction, social trust, feeling healthy, self esteem.