Happiness, Resilience and Optimism in Students of National Schools in the City of Lima
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The general objective of the present study was to establish the relation that exists between the happiness, resilience and optimism in students. The sample was formed by 275 students: 134 men and 141 women of 15 to 18 years that attended the fifth year of high school in two mixed national schools of the city of Lima, based on a non probabilistic sample of intentional type. The used instruments were the Scale of Satisfaction with the life, the Scale of Resilience and the Scale of Direction towards the life - Reviewed. Among the main findings one was that exists a highly significant relation, in where it is possible to be appreciated that to greater resilience, greater optimism and greater happiness. The implicating of the results has been discussed. Adolescents, Happiness, National schools, Optimism, Resilience, Students.
Authors: Ana Cecília, Salgado Lévano
Institution: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2140508155