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Table 2 DREEM and happiness scores by demographic characteristics (univariate analysis)

From: The relationship between students’ perception of the educational environment and their subjective happiness

Variables

 

SPL

SPT

SASP

SPA

SSSP

DREEM Score

Subjective Happiness

All participants Mean (SD)

 

2.18 (0.52)

2.59 (0.49)

2.37 (0.71)

2.31 (0.49)

2.31 (0.51)

2.34 (0.44)

6.61 (1.99)

Age

Correlationa)

0.224

0.195

0.332

0.092

0.042

0.226

−0.003

p-value

0.001

0.003

< 0.001

0.17

0.529

< 0.001

0.97

Gender

Mean (SD)

Male

2.18 (0.51)

2.58 (0.49)

2.33 (0.61)

2.37 (0.50)

2.35 (0.46)

2.35 (0.43)

6.71 (2.03)

Female

2.17 (0.49)

2.63 (0.49)

2.37 (0.52)

2.24 (0.46)

2.26 (0.58)

2.33 (0.41)

6.61 (1.90)

p-valueb)

0.912

0.439

0.627

0.066

0.26

0.67

0.71

Phase

Mean (SD)

1

2.08 (0.57)

2.52 (0.54)

2.07 (0.58)

2.28 (0.50)

2.31 (0.52)

2.24 (0.45)

6.68 (2.14)

2

2.19 (0.51)

2.64 (0.50)

2.45 (0.89)

2.30 (0.52)

2.24 (0.54)

2.35 (0.46)

6.33 (2.06)

3

2.30 (0.42)

2.63 (0.41)

2.66 (0.43)

2.37 (0.45)

2.38 (0.46)

2.46 (0.36)

6.83 (1.65)

F(p-value) c)

3.599 (0.029)

1.579 (0.208)

16.723 (< 0.001)

0.739 (0.479)

1.432 (0.241)

5.087 (0.007)

1.233 (0.293)

Post-hoc c)

1 < 3

 

1 < 2,3

  

1 < 3

 

Eta-squared

0.030

 

0.124

  

0.041

 

Previous Year GPA

Correlation a)

0.095

0.054

0.216

0.163

0.167

0.167

0.197

p-value

0.209

0.477

0.004

0.031

0.027

0.027

0.010

  1. a) Pearson correlation; b) Independent sample t-test; c) Tukey’s HSD test was used to analyze data with equal variance 
  2. Abbreviation: SASP Students’ Academic Self-Perceptions, SPA Students’ Perceptions of Atmosphere, SPL Students’ Perception of Learning, SPT Students’ Perception of Teaching, SSSP Students’ Social Self-Perceptions