Happiness and Achievement Motivation among Iranian Nursing Students: A Descriptive Correlational Study

Table 3

Univariate analysis of factors associated with achievement motivation and happiness ().

Variables		Happiness mean (SD)	value^a	Achievement motivation; Mean (SD)	value^a
Gender	Female	40.79 (10.73)	0.96	83.80 (6.82)	0.001
	Male	40.78 (11.96)		80.72 (8.26)
Age	18-21	42.53 (11.51)	0.005^b	84.11 (7.33)	0.001^b
	21-24	37.77 (10.08)		80.41 (7.78)
	>24	42.45 (11.67)		82.13 (5.74)
Academic year	1	44 (10.35)	0.005^b	84.29 (7.37)	<0.001^b
	2	39.73 (10.96)		83.02 (5.91)
	3	40.63 (12.79)		84.91 (6.84)
	4	37.86 (10.27)		78.59 (7.82)
Marital status	Single	40.43 (11.26)	0.18	82.62 (7.50)	0.90
	Married	43.84 (10.51)		82.44 (8.13)
Interest in nursing	Yes	41.50 (10.84)	0.009	83.23 (23)	0.001
	No	36.03 (12.61)		78.39 (8.89)
History of course drops	Yes	39.01 (11.05)	0.13	78.73 (7.99)	<0.001
	No	41.36 (11.24)		83.88 (6.96)
Residency status	Dormitory	40.72 (10.71)	0.93	83.18 (7.70)	0.28
	Nondormitory	40.83 (11.81)		82.15 (7.45)

^aIndependent sample -test. ^bOne-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).