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Happiness Skills in Iranian Students of Isfahan University

    Mohammad Reza Abedi

    University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

    Ebrahim Jafar

    University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

    M. Javad Liaghtdar

    University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran


Received
23 Jul, 2005
Accepted
12 Dec, 2005
Published
31 Dec, 2005

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the Happiness Skills among students of universities in Isfahan city. In order to carry out the research, 727 students were randomly selected from the University of Isfahan, University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Technology and Isfahan University of Arts. They were tested via Farsi version of Oxford Happiness Inventory (Alipour & Nor-bala, 1999) and Farsi version of Fordyce Happiness Inventory (Abedi, 2002). The data was analyzed by using t-test. Findings indicated that women were significantly higher than men on subscales of Socializing, Expressin feelings, Value happiness and Develop an outgoing social personality. Nonsignificant differences were found between men and women on Oxford Happiness Inventory.

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APA-7 Style
Abedi, M.R., Jafar, E., Liaghtdar, M.J. (2005). Happiness Skills in Iranian Students of Isfahan University. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 20(3-4), 113-119. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=413

ACS Style
Abedi, M.R.; Jafar, E.; Liaghtdar, M.J. Happiness Skills in Iranian Students of Isfahan University. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2005, 20, 113-119. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=413

AMA Style
Abedi MR, Jafar E, Liaghtdar MJ. Happiness Skills in Iranian Students of Isfahan University. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2005; 20(3-4): 113-119. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=413

Chicago/Turabian Style
Abedi, Mohammad, Reza, Ebrahim Jafar, and M. Javad Liaghtdar. 2005. "Happiness Skills in Iranian Students of Isfahan University" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 20, no. 3-4: 113-119. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=413