An Investigation on the Family’s Socioeconomic Status’ Aspects in Predicting the Students’ Happiness

Subject Areas : Sport Management

M. R. Bayat ¹ , A. Z. Naami ² , ندا Esmaeeli Far ³

1 - Shahid Chamran University, Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Ahwaz, Iran
2 - Shahid Chamran University, Associate Professor in Psychology and Educational Sciences Department, Ahwaz, Iran
3 - Kharazmi University, Ph.D. Student in Consulting, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2013-04-22 Accepted : 2013-07-23 Published : 2013-06-22

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Abstract :

The research purpose was to investigate the socioeconomic status’ aspects qouta in predicting thestudents’ happiness. The sample comprised 200 individuals who were selected randomly throughmulti-stage cluster sampling among the high schools of Roudehen city. The acquired data analyzedby Pearson correlation and t-test indicated that the students’ happiness was significantly and positivelycorrelated to the students’ socioeconomic status.