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

Table 4

Multivariate linear regression analysis of factors associated with happiness ().

Variables	Unstandardized coefficients β	95% CI	Standardized coefficients β	value
Gender
Male^†
Female	-0.85	-3.76, 2.06	-0.03	0.56
Age
18-21^†
21-24	-3.99	-7.62, -0.35	-0.17	0.03
>24	-1.76	-7.80, 4.27	-0.04	0.56
Academic year
1^†
2	-3.43	-7.48, 0.61	-0.11	0.09
3	-1.52	-5.58, 2.53	-0.05	0.46
4	-3.30	-7.76, 1.14	-0.13	0.14
Marital status
Single^†
Married	5.33	0.31, 10.35	0.14	0.03
Interest in nursing
No^†
Yes	4.78	0.64, 8.92	0.14	0.02
History of course drops
No^†
Yes	-0.72	-4.26, 2.81	-0.02	0.68
Residency status
Dormitory^†
Nondormitory	0.44	-2.36, 3.25	0.01	0.75

^†Denotes reference category.