Is happines in University student possible? A non-parametric study

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/recsp.v2i2.9302

Keywords:

Ethnicity, Gender, Happiness, Joy, Satisfaction, Fulfillment

Abstract

The question, Is happiness possible in university students? guides the present quantitative research aimed at 237 students (men and women) of the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast. This Research is based on a descriptive design, applying the Alarcon’s scale of happiness (2006) taking into account the variables of gender, age, ethnicity and years of study. For this, different types of analysis were performed, among them: internal consistency of the ques- tionnaire, the analysis of main components, and a study of correlations between the categories applying the Kolmogorov normality tests, the Mann-Whitney U test, test from Wilcoxon, Kruskal Wallis, and the Friedman test, using the SPSS statistical package. The results show that happiness in university students is possible taking into account that it is merely subjective in people and, around it, different elements are included that make it possible. In this sense, it is concluded that the variables ethnicity, age, gender and years of study do not have a direct relationship with the state of happiness of the students, since they are not determinants to define this state in the human being.

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Author Biographies

Bernadine Leticia Dixon Carlos, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Género y Desarrollo. Directora del Centro de Estudios e Información de la Mujer Multiétnica de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense.

Ilenia Arllery García Peralta, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Gerencia Estratégica. Coordinadora de Cooperación Externa de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense-Recinto Universitario Bluefields.

Sandra Carolina Rojas Hooker, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Estudios Indígenas. Directora del Instituto de Estudios y Promoción de la Autónomía de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense-Recinto Universitario Bilwi

Tania Patrica Rossmann Hooker, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Derechos Humanos y Democracia. Oficial de Programa de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense.

Elebe Williams Muller, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Estadística Computacional. Profesor de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense-Recinto Universitario Bilwi.

Víctor Ronald Zúniga Morales, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Desarrollo Rural con Enfoque Territorial. Director de Innovación y Emprendimiento de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense.

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Published

2019-12-20

How to Cite

Dixon Carlos, B. L., García Peralta, I. A., Rojas Hooker, S. C., Rossmann Hooker, T. P., Williams Muller, E., & Zúniga Morales, V. R. (2019). Is happines in University student possible? A non-parametric study. Revista Electrónica De Conocimientos, Saberes Y Prácticas, 2(2), 84–97. https://doi.org/10.5377/recsp.v2i2.9302

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Educational Research

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