خلاصة:
Objective: Happiness, as one of the most important aspects of students’ mental health has a
significant influence on their social growth and personality development, and it has always
been of interest to the researchers in different fields of psychology.
Methods: In this study, the method of correlation was used and the population of study was
all students of Farhangiyan University of Guilan during the academic year 2013-2014 which
included 1777 students. Among this population, a sample of 250 students (including 149
women and 101 men) was selected and studied using stratified random sampling method. The
student adaptation to college questionnaire (SACQ), interpersonal forgiveness scale (IFS) and
Oxford happiness questionnaire (OHI) were used for data collection. The resulting data were
analyzed by applying multivariate regression analysis method in SPSS vs. 19.
Results: The results showed a significant and positive relationship between adaptation to
college and interpersonal forgiveness with the happiness (at the level of P<0.01) and it was
concluded that these variables, in combination with each other, were able to account for 58%
of the variance of happiness. Among the independent variables, the component of social
adjustment had the greatest role in the prediction of happiness among the students.
Conclusion: Since the variables of adaptation to college and interpersonal forgiveness are
suitable predictors for happiness, consideration of these variables in the students’ mental health
promotion programs is highly recommended.
ملخص الجهاز:
"Article info: Received: 15 May 2015 Accepted: 25 Aug. 2015 Keywords: Adaptation to college, Interpersonal forgiveness, Happiness A B S T R A C T Objective: Happiness, as one of the most important aspects of students’ mental health has a significant influence on their social growth and personality development, and it has always been of interest to the researchers in different fields of psychology.
Some of the important factors affecting adjustment, especially adaptation to college and happiness among students are communication and social skills (Akbari & Akbari, 2013); the emotional intelligence (Maddahi et al.
Factors and conditions that facilitate adaptation to col- lege environmen t and provide students’ mental health have been subje c t to less attention in previous studies and so far, no s tudies have been performed to address the relationship between adaptation to college and inter- personal forgiveness, as predictors of happiness among students.
The results of this study, while acknowl- edging the original hypothesis and secondary research hypotheses, indicate that there is a significant and posi- tive correlation between adaptation to college and in- terpersonal forgiveness and happiness of students at the level of P<0.
(2012), Akbari & Akbari (2013), and Manee (2010) stating that communication skills and social relationships, as well as emotional intelligence are the main factors affecting the happiness of students and their level of adjustment, especially their adaptation to college."