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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.9.113

The Relationships between Meaning in Life and Happiness among University Students.  

Lee, Ok-Sook (Institutional Review Board, Changshin University)
Jang, Sun-Hee (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.9, 2017 , pp. 113-122 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to understand the factors influencing happiness of college students while focusing on meaning in life and to supply an interventional way for promotion of happiness of college students. The subjects were 205 students in C city and the data were collected from 20-30 October 2016. Data were analyzed based on themeans using an independent t-test, ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}^{\prime}s$ method, Pearson's correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. Significant differences were found in the happiness grades by sex (p=0.045), age (p=0.019), degree (p=0.038), satisfaction in major (p<0.001), and perceived health condition (p<0.001). Happiness was positively related to self-confidence (p<0.001), self-control (p<0.001), positive emotion (p<0.001), meaning in life (p<0.001), finding meaning in life (p<0.001), and search for meaning in life (p<0.001). Uponmultiple regression analysis, finding meaning in life, perceived health condition, and satisfaction withmajor accounted for 41.0% of the happiness, with finding meaning in life beingthe most influential factor.
Keywords
Finding meaning in life; Happiness; Meaning in life; Search for meaning in life; Students;
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