Felicidad en estudiantes de la Facultad de Psicología en la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

The concept happiness has been studied for several decades, especially in positive aspects such as joy, creativity and the process of total involvement with life. The purpose of the study was do a systematization of levels of happiness in university students. The research was quantitative of exploratory scope with a universe conformed by 535 students of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca. The instrument applied was the scale of Happiness of Lima de Alarcón (2006). The results show that students generally have a level of average happiness (m = 3.30). The woman perceiving a higher level of happiness. The students of clinical psychology perceived a high level of happiness, while the students of third cycle presented higher levels of happiness than the students of other cycles. However according to the tests performed these results are not significant.