Assessment of the Rate of Happiness among the Students of Tehran University, Qom Campus, and the Factors Affecting it

The present research aims at investigating the rate of happiness among the students of Tehran University, Qom Campus, and identifying and ranking the factors affecting it. The research method is survey- descriptive and statistical population which includes 1464 students who study in different faculties during the first semester in the academic year of 89-90. The statistical sample includes 218 students who have been selected through a simple and classified random method. Oxford 29-statement happiness questionnaire with the reliability of 0.89 based on Cronbach's Alpha has been used to collect data. In addition to descriptive methods, inferential statistics at the level of Friedman's test of analysis of variance (ANAVA) and t-test have been used to compare the means, by using SPSS. The analysis of data shows that the rate of happiness among the students of Tehran University, Qom Campus is satisfactory. There is a significant difference between the rate of happiness among the students of management faculty and the students of law, jurisprudence, and philosophy faculties. There is no significant difference the rate of happiness between male or female students or between students in MA level and those in BA level. Furthermore, six factors affecting the happiness of students have been identified. Ranked according to their priority they are as follow: 1. Interaction between students and professors; 2. Welfare facilities of the University; 3. Organizational atmosphere dominating the university; 4. Student's participation in class activities; 5. Professor's teaching and evaluation methods; 6. Membership in certain groups(sport, cultural, religious, …).