Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Department of social science
2 university student
Abstract
One of the urgent needs for human and social success is the pursuit of happiness, although achieving this goal is not easy for everyone and for most people. The feeling of happiness and vitality is one of the most essential innate desires and psychological needs of human beings, and because of the major effects on the health and well-being of society,
In recent years, the interest of sociologists in the subject of happiness and its causes and consequences has increased. Therefore, the purpose of the present research is the phenomenological study of Tabriz University students' perception of happiness. The method of this research is qualitative and has been done with a grounded theory Method. In this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 students of Tabriz University. Interviews theme in this study are: youth perceptions of happiness, factors affecting happiness, happiness outcomes at the individual and community level, and appropriate strategies for youth happiness. The main categories that emerge from the interviews are: economical and family factors, self-worthy, life satisfaction, happiness as social development. After analyzing, reduction and coding the interview in the present study a commodity of happiness concept Obtained. The results of the interviews indicate that social and public policies related to youth social happiness should be formulated in accordance with their basic needs.
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