Happiness and its Relationship to Religiosity, Satisfaction with Life and Love among a Sample of HU Married Students

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Happiness and its Relationship to Religiosity, Satisfaction with Life and Love among a Sample of HU Married Students Kamil Katalo* ABSTRACT The study aims to identify the nature of the relationship between happiness and religiosity, satisfaction with life and love among a sample of married students. It also aims to find out the nature of the differences in religiosity, satisfaction with life and love among members of the sample in the basic variable of the current study, happiness. It also aims to explore the nature of the differences in happiness, religiosity, satisfaction with life and love in respondents according to sex variable (males/ females). The study sample, selected randomly, consisted of 239 HU married students of both genders. The study used both the analytical and relational descriptive approach and the following instruments: Oxford Happiness Inventory, Religiosity Scale. A Love Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale. The results revealed differences in satisfaction with life, but not in religiosity or love, between the two study groups. Highly and less happy students showed differences in religiosity, life satisfaction, and love in favor of highly happy students. There were no gender differences in happiness, life satisfaction or religiosity. There were differences in the degree of feeling of love in favor of females, and there was a correlation between happiness and religiosity. Keywords: Happiness, Religiosity, Life Satisfaction, Love, Married Students. ________________________________________________