INVESTIGATION OF HAPPINESS DETERMINANTS USING THE OXFORD QUESTIONNAIRE IN STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS

Evaluation of psychometric properties and those related to the Oxford OHI questionnaire (Hills & Argyle 2002), in University students. Objective: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the model of 41 questions: personal and those related to the Oxford questionnaire, among the students of the Engineering Faculty of the District Universidad F. José de Caldas Bogotá, Colombia 2019. Materials and methods: in this descriptive study, it was conducted with 162 students of the Engineering Faculty of the District University F. José de Caldas Bogotá, selected by stratified random sampling. For data collection the demographic survey and the Oxford happiness survey, the OHI inventory (Hills & Argyle 2002),) were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson's moment-product correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis). The statistical software SPSS V.21 (Nie and Hadlei 1970) was used, software for data analysis. The results obtained indicate that: the transfer time of less than one hour from home to the University, the fact of being a believer of a religion, and an academic average greater than 3.5, generates a high level of happiness in students On the other hand, gender (male, female) and the economic statement were not significant in the determination of happiness. Similarly, based on the results obtained in this study, the inventory of Oxford OHI (Hills & Argyle 2002), could be endorsed as a valid and reliable means of measurement, so it can be used to assess happiness in university students.