Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
PeerJ. 2022 Nov 3;10:e14339. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14339. eCollection 2022.
This article aims to determine the relationship between general health and happiness in male and female engineering students in Iran. The analysis relies on a unique dataset collected through two questionnaires (Oxford Happiness and GHQ28) from a representative sample ( = 2,000). Although similar data have been collected quite independently by different communities of researchers, and empirical evidence points to very similar underlying mechanisms, but they did not consider non-normal distribution samples. In this study, data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon's signed rank tests. The mean happiness and general health were 42.89 ± 14.84 and 23.76 ± 13.28, respectively. There was a positive and significant relationship between these two variables ( ≤ 0.05, r = 0.59). Happiness showed significant differences in males and females, but general health did not. In general, female students enjoyed more health and happiness. This study argues that clarifying the relationship between happiness and health in different genders can help academic authorities and youth planners to pay special attention to this issue and provide particular programs.
本文旨在探讨伊朗工科男女生的整体健康与幸福感之间的关系。分析所依赖的数据是通过两份问卷（牛津幸福感问卷和 28 项一般健康问卷）从具有代表性的样本（n=2000）中收集的。尽管类似的数据已经由不同的研究群体相当独立地收集，并且实证证据指向非常相似的潜在机制，但他们没有考虑非正态分布的样本。在本研究中，数据采用 Kruskal-Wallis 和 Wilcoxon 符号秩检验进行分析。幸福感和整体健康的平均值分别为 42.89 ± 14.84 和 23.76 ± 13.28。这两个变量之间存在正相关且显著（≤0.05，r=0.59）。幸福感在男女生之间存在显著差异，但整体健康没有。总的来说，女学生享受着更高的健康和幸福感。本研究认为，厘清不同性别群体中幸福感和健康之间的关系，可以帮助高校管理部门和青年规划者关注这一问题，并提供特定的项目。
