The Relationship between Happiness and Optimism with Exam Stress among Students Download PDF

Abstract Background and Objective: exam stress is one of barriers to academic achievement of students, so required measurements should be taken to reduce such stress; hence, the purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between happiness and optimism with exam stress among students. Materials and methods: this is a descriptive and correlational study. Statistical population of study consisted of all students of Payam Noor University in Urumia Province, Iran 2017. The sample size consisted of 60 members who were selected randomly. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was employed to collect data, Life Orientation Test (LOT) was used to assess optimism, and Sarason Exam Stress Inventory was used to measure exam stress. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson test and multivariate linear regression through SPSS22 software. Findings: the results obtained from study indicated that there is a significant relationship between happiness and exam stress (r=-0.983) at level of (P<0.05) also between optimism and exam stress (r=-0.995) at level of (P<0.05). Conclusion: it can be found in accordance with obtained findings that there is a negative relationship between happiness and optimism with exam stress; in other words, increase in happiness and optimism of student would lead to reduced exam stress.