Studying happiness and self satisfaction of junior and senior courses students
The article discusses the relevance of a more in-depth study of happiness and self-satisfaction among students. Interdisciplinary approach to the study of happiness at the present stage of science development is shown. Special attention is paid to the problem of happiness in the psychological literature, a review of works studying the phenomenon of happiness in student age. The essence of the concept of «Self-satisfaction» is considered, its similarity and difference from the concept of «Happiness» is shown. The description of the empirical study of happiness and a satisfaction of the students (45 students and 42 students of the fourth year) using the methodology of the study on self-evaluation by Dembo-Rubinstein, explained the choice of this instrumentation to conduct the study. The obtained results are analyzed, showing the differences in the evaluation of themselves as happy and satisfied students of the first and fourth year. The question of the presence and specificity of the action of compensatory mechanisms in self-assessment is considered in detail. The correlation analysis (Spearman) between the scales of «Happiness», «Self-satisfaction» and «Mind», «Character», «Optimism, «Relationship with mother», «Relationship with father», «Relationship with classmates», «Relationship with teachers», «Academic success», «Attractiveness for the opposite sex». The conclusion about the features of understanding happiness and self-satisfaction in the first and senior year, traced the dynamics in the understanding of happiness and self-satisfaction in the period of study at the University, shows the changes in the dependence of self-assessment as happy and self-satisfied from the assessment of other indicators (mind, character, optimism, etc.).