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Happiness among first-year students at a comprehensive tertiary institution: An exploratory study
| العنوان: | Happiness among first-year students at a comprehensive tertiary institution: An exploratory study |
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| المؤلفون: | Marinda Pretorius, Derick Blaauw |
| المصدر: | Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 467-484 (2014) |
| بيانات النشر: | AOSIS, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Economics as a science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | happiness, subjective well-being, university students, determinants, economics, Economics as a science, HB71-74 |
| الوصف: | The 1970s saw a significant increase in the volume of research on individuals’ subjective experience of well-being. The subjective well-being of university students has received less attention, however. Student well-being is important, given the widespread concern over the high dropout rates at institutions of higher learning in South Africa (Council of Higher Education, 2013; Van Zyl, 2010). The paper adds to the existing body of literature through an exposition on the possible influence of variables forthcoming from the literature, on the overall subjective well-being of first-year economics students at a comprehensive university. Variables that displayed a significant and positive contribution to subjective well-being were first-year and extended-degree students, the university being the institution of choice, feeling at home, knowing exactly how the university functions, and watching or participating in sport. Variables that were found to be significant with a negative contribution to subjective well-being levels were: worries about tests, studying less than 10 hours per week and, interestingly, living on campus. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1995-7076 2312-2803 |
| Relation: | https://jefjournal.org.za/index.php/jef/article/view/151; https://doaj.org/toc/1995-7076; https://doaj.org/toc/2312-2803 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/jef.v7i2.151 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/2e53414c4ed8498eb5e2ac128e0ecac9 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.2e53414c4ed8498eb5e2ac128e0ecac9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 19957076 23122803 |
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| DOI: | 10.4102/jef.v7i2.151 |