%0 Journal Article %A Siamian, Hasan %A Naeimi, Ommol Banin %A Shahrabi, Afsaneh %A Hassanzadeh, Ramezan %A Âbazari, Mohammad Reza %A Khademloo, Mohammad %A Javadian Koutenaee, Maryam %T The Status of Happiness and its Association with Demographic Variables among the Paramedical Students %J Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences %V 21 %N 86 %U http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-867-en.html %R %D 2012 %K Happiness, students, universities, psychology, %X Background and purpose: In recent years, along with the development of positive psychology, happiness has been the basic pivot of the studies conducted in this area. Due to the importance of happiness in all dimensions of life, the present study aimed at determining the status of happiness among paramedical students. Materials and methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 320 paramedical students who were selected through simple random sampling. The data were collected using Oxford Happiness Inventory. Results: Overall, no significant relationship was found between happiness score and gender (P=0.05). Findings showed that the statements related to self-esteem and satisfaction factors were just significant in relation to the students’ major (P %> http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-867-en.pdf %P 159-166 %& 159 %! %9 Research(Original) %L A-10-31-67 %+ %G eng %@ 1735-9260 %[ 2012