A Study On Happiness Among Secondary School Students In Relation To Some Select Variables

Abstract

Happiness in Indian scriptures such as the Vedas, Happiness is a state of well-being and contentment. It is a pleasurable or satisfying experience of mind. The present study tries to investigate the happiness of the secondary school students. The main objectives of the study are to check happiness of students comparing of the basis of Gender in Government and private schools. In this study total of 210 secondary students (class XII) were selected from Nalbari district in Assam as a sample through a simple random technique.  The data was collected through Happiness scale (HS-RHMJ) developed by Himanshi Rastoogi and Janki Moorjani in 2017. The results were analysed by using Mean Standard Deviation and t-test. The result showing that the difference in Happiness between Government and private school students interaction effects under study differ significantly with happiness and the types of students. Insignificance difference is observed in the mean score of happiness among the male and female students. Insignificant difference of Happiness between Science and Arts secondary school students .