Firooz Rad; Hamideh mohammadzadeh; Fatemeh mohammadzadeh
Volume 14, Issue 28 , September 2015, , Pages 137-152
Abstract
This research is to study the relationship between leisure time and happiness among youth of Marand city. Research method was survey and was conducted with a sample size consisting of 381 subjects among the (15-29 year old) youth in Marand. The data was collected using the questionnaires. According ...
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This research is to study the relationship between leisure time and happiness among youth of Marand city. Research method was survey and was conducted with a sample size consisting of 381 subjects among the (15-29 year old) youth in Marand. The data was collected using the questionnaires. According to the results, youth happiness was at average level. The results of the research showed that there was a significant positive correlation between Leisure Time, Active Leisure and Passive Leisure and the youth happiness. The youth happiness in terms their socio-economic status is a significant difference, but the difference with other demographic variables were not significant. Also there was no significant relationship between age and happiness. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that Active Leisure had greatest contribution in explaining the distribution of youth happiness. Based on the