The Feeling Of Happiness Among The Female Students In The Kindergarten Department

Abstract

Abstract:

     The current research aims to identify the level of the feeling of happiness among a sample of kindergarten students and to identify the significance of the difference in the feeling of happiness according to the class variable. The current research is limited to the students of the Kindergarten Department at the College of Basic Education, Al-Mustansiriyah University for the academic year 2023-2024. The Researchers chose her research sample from the students of the Kindergarten Department, numbering (100) students, using the random stratified method, the proportional distribution method, and on the following distribution: First stage (25) students, second stage (25) students, third stage (25), fourth stage (25). The researchers adopted the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, which was prepared by )Argyle & Hills 2002( Consists of (28) paragraphs (28) paragraphs, and six alternatives were set  ،for the purpose of responding (strongly agree, somewhat agree, agree, disagree, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree) with degrees (1,2,3,4,5,6) To calculate the stability, the following was applied: The scale was based on the basic research sample of (100) female students. The Cronbach's alpha equation was used, and the reliability coefficient calculated according to this method was (0.90). To extract validity, apparent validity and construct validity were used. The researchers concluded that the research sample had a high level of feeling happy and that there was no statistically significant difference in feeling happy according to the class variable.