The Relationship between Happiness and Academic Achievements

Abstract

The present study is aimed to investigate the relationship between happiness and academic achievement among students. From the statistic population of 18465 people, 320 were chosen by stratified random sampling method using Morgan table. The research method is of correlation kind and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was used for data collection. The results showed that students' happiness is not satisfactory. In addition, the mean scores of academic achievement of girls are more than the boys and the mean happiness score among female students is more than male ones. But, the total score is less than the mean happiness score of both male and female students. Finally, there is a significant positive relationship between happiness and achievement of students. There is also a significant positive correlation between happiness and the progress of students (by discipline).