title: Happiness and its relation to psychological well-being of adolescents.
abstract: In the present decade, adolescents' mental problems are known as critical problems which have many destructive consequences. This study aimed to measure students' happiness and psychological well-being status in a sample of high school students. The cross sectional study consisted of 403 randomly selected high school students in Tabriz, Iran. Numerous variables including general health status, happiness, self-efficacy, perceived stress, hopefulness and life satisfaction were measured by using self-reported written questionnaires. Significant relation observed between happiness and psychological well-being (r=0.48). Those students with good relationship and those who had reported to enjoy attending social events indicated better mental health status. No causal inferences were investigated due to the non-experimental nature of the study. The findings also revealed that students with higher happiness score have a better school performance. Integration of happiness promotion initiatives into the comprehensive school health programs is recommended to have pleasant environments for a healthy population of adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education & Promotion, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 14711, Iran.
authors.forename: Haleh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heizomi
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychiatry Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 14711, Iran. Electronic address: allahverdipourh@tbzmed.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Allahverdipour
authors.affiliation: Medical Education Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 14711, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asghari Jafarabadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 14711, Iran.
authors.forename: Abdolrasul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safaian
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescents; Happiness; Psychological well-being