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Objective: Happiness, as one of the most important aspects of students' mental health has a significant influence on their social growth and personality development, and it has always been of interest to the researchers in different fields of psychology
Methods: In this study, the method of correlation was used and the population of study was all students of Farhangiyan University of Guilan during the academic year 2013-2014 which included 1777 students. Among this population, a sample of 250 students [including 149 women and 101 men] was selected and studied using stratified random sampling method. The student adaptation to college questionnaire [SACQ], interpersonal forgiveness scale [IFS] and Oxford happiness questionnaire [OHI] were used for data collection. The resulting data were analyzed by applying multivariate regression analysis method in SPSS vs. 19
Results: The results showed a significant and positive relationship between adaptation to college and interpersonal forgiveness with the happiness [at the level of P<0.01] and it was concluded that these variables, in combination with each other, were able to account for 58% of the variance of happiness. Among the independent variables, the component of social adjustment had the greatest role in the prediction of happiness among the students
Conclusion: Since the variables of adaptation to college and interpersonal forgiveness are suitable predictors for happiness, consideration of these variables in the students' mental health promotion programs is highly recommended